Death and Resurrection

Farewell! we meet no more

No. 955
Metre P. M.
Tune FAREWELL.
Words Anon.
Music Unknown.
Key D major
Time 4/4
3 stanzas

Words

Farewell! we meet no moreOn this side heaven;The parting scene is o'er,The last sad look is given.

Farewell! my soul will weepWhile memory lives,From wounds that sink so deepNo earthly hand relieves.

Farewell! until we meetIn heaven above,And there in union sweetSing of a Saviour's love.

About this hymn

As printed As printed: running head «DEATH AND RESURRECTION.»; hymn number «955» (large), tune name «FAREWELL. P. M.» centred over the music (condensed capitals and small capitals; an ink blot of the exemplar covers the end of «FAREWELL» and its stop), «UNKNOWN.» at the right in the composer slot (capitals and small capitals). No reference line is printed. The whole tune is one system; stanza 1 is interlinear, in a smaller condensed type, with «1.» before «Fare-»: «1. Fare-well! we meet no more On this side heaven; The part-ing scene is o'er, The last sad look is given.» Stanzas 2–3 are printed as text in two columns below the music, numbered «2» and «3» without periods (written «2.» and «3.» here, as in the other deliveries of this book); lines 2 and 4 are indented. «Anon.» in italics after stanza 3. The print sets a thin space before «!» and «;» («Farewell !», «heaven ;»); it is closed up here. The apostrophe of «Saviour's» is written straight. The hymn begins and ends on p. 321 (p. 322 begins with hymn 956). Spelling, punctuation and capitals are the print's.