Death and Resurrection

Dear as thou wert, and justly dear,

No. 941
Metre C. M.
Tune LAUREL HILL.
Words Dale.
Music Unknown.
Key C major
Singing key B♭ major
Time 3/2
4 stanzas

Words

Dear as thou wert, and justly dear,We would not weep for thee;One thought shall check the starting tear:From sorrow thou art free.

And thus shall faith's consoling powerThe tears of love restrain:O, who that saw thy parting hourCould wish thee back again?

Angels shall guard thy sleeping dust,And, as thy Saviour rose,The grave again shall yield her trust,And end thy deep repose.

Thy Lord, before to glory gone,Shall bid thee come away;And calm and bright shall break the dawnOf heaven's eternal day.

About this hymn

As printed As printed: running head «DEATH AND RESURRECTION.»; hymn number «941» (large), tune name «LAUREL HILL. C. M.» centred over the music (condensed capitals), «UNKNOWN.» at the right (capitals and small capitals). Stanza 1 is interlinear, one line per system, with «1.» before «Dear» («just - ly», «sor - row» hyphenated under their notes; «One thoughtshall check the starting tear:» is printed with «thought» and «shall» run together and «starting» unhyphenated — the word space is restored here). The italic reference line «933, 147.» (= the words may also be sung to the tunes of hymns 933 or 147) stands under the music in the left column; stanzas 2–4 follow as text in the left column, numbered «2»–«4» without a point (written «2.»–«4.» here as in the other deliveries), with «Dale.» in italics after stanza 4. Lines 2 and 4 of each stanza are indented in the print. The print's thin space before «:», «;» and «?» is closed up. Spelling («Saviour»), punctuation and capitals are the print's; apostrophes are written straight («faith's», «heaven's»).