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''And let this feeble body fail'' is a hymn by [[Charles Wesley]], published in 1759 as Hymn 3 in ''Funeral Hymns (2nd Series)'', and consisting of 9 Double Common Metre verses. | |||
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And let this feeble body fail, | |||
And let it droop, or die. | |||
My soul shall quit the mournful vale, | |||
And soar to worlds on high: | |||
Shall join the disembodied saints, | |||
And find its long-sought rest, | |||
(That only bliss for which it pants,) | |||
In my Redeemer's breast. | |||
In hope of that immortal crown, | |||
I now the cross sustain. | |||
And gladly wander up and down, | |||
And smile at toil and pain : | |||
I suffer out my threescore years. | |||
Till my Deliverer come, | |||
And wipe away his servant's tears, | |||
And take his exile home. | |||
Surely he will not long delay; | |||
I hear his Spirit cry, | |||
"Arise, my love, make haste away, | |||
Go, get thee up, and die. | |||
O'er death, who now has lost his sting, | |||
I give the victory; | |||
And with me my reward I bring, | |||
I bring my heaven for thee." | |||
Lord, I the welcome word receive, | |||
Thee on the mount adore. | |||
For thy dear sake content to live | |||
Some painful moments more: | |||
I live in holy grief and joy. | |||
On Pisgah's top I stand. | |||
And life's important point employ, | |||
To view the promised land. | |||
O what hath Jesus bought for me! | |||
Before my ravish'd eyes | |||
Rivers of life divine I see, | |||
And trees of paradise: | |||
They flourish in perpetual bloom, | |||
Fruit every month they give; | |||
And to the healing leaves who come, | |||
Eternally shall live. | |||
I see a world of spirits bright, | |||
Who reap the pleasures there; | |||
They all are robed in purest white, | |||
And conquering palms they bear: | |||
Adorn'd by their Redeemer's grace | |||
They close pursue the Lamb, | |||
And every shining front displays | |||
Th'unutterable Name. | |||
They drink the deifying stream. | |||
They pluck th'ambrosial fruit. | |||
And each records the praise of him | |||
Who tuned his golden lute: | |||
At once they strike th'harmonious wire, | |||
And hymn the great Three-One: | |||
He hears; he smiles: and all the choir | |||
Fall down before his throne. | |||
O what a heaven of heavens is this. | |||
This swoon of silent love! | |||
How poor the world's sublimest bliss | |||
Compared with joys above! | |||
With joys above may I be blest. | |||
And earthly bliss I scorn; | |||
Or sing triumphantly distressed | |||
Till I to God return. | |||
O what are all my sufferings here, | |||
If, Lord, thou count me meet | |||
With that enraptured host t'appear. | |||
And worship at thy feet! | |||
Give joy or grief, give ease or pain, | |||
Take life or friends away, | |||
I come, to find them all again | |||
In that eternal day. | |||
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Revision as of 23:12, 29 January 2014
General information
And let this feeble body fail is a hymn by Charles Wesley, published in 1759 as Hymn 3 in Funeral Hymns (2nd Series), and consisting of 9 Double Common Metre verses.
Settings by composers
- Samuel Holyoke — Andover English STB
- Amos Pilsbury — Dover English SATB
- John Stainer — And let this feeble body fail English SATB
- William Walker — Hallelujah English SATB
Text and translations
English text And let this feeble body fail, |
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