Old Melodies

Come and reign; come and reign

No. 1176
Tune COME AND REIGN.
Words Anon.
Music Arranged.
Key E-flat major
Singing key E♭ major
Time 4/4
4 stanzas

Words

Chorus.

Come and reign; come and reign,Jesus, quickly come;For now it fills my heart with joyTo know I'm almost home.

Here I see the falling tear,As pilgrim now I roam,An exile from my Father's house;But soon he'll call me home.

Here I grieve the friends I love,And they in turn grieve me;But, O my Saviour! grant me grace,That I may not grieve thee.

Here disease invades our frame,We sicken, droop, and die;But there eternal youth shall bloom,And bright shall beam each eye.

Here we meet and part again,As far and near we roam;But there we'll meet to part no more,And sweetly rest at home.

About this hymn

As printed As printed: running head «MISCELLANEOUS—OLD MELODIES.»; hymn number «1176» (large), tune name «COME AND REIGN.» centred over the music (condensed capitals and small capitals), «ARRANGED.» at the right; no meter and no reference line. The music has two systems: the first, headed «Chorus.» and closed by «Fine.», carries the chorus; the second carries stanza 1 («1.») and is closed by «D. C.». The book's index of first lines lists the hymn by its chorus («Come and reign; come and…»). Stanzas 2–4 follow as text in two columns, numbered «2», «3», «4» without a full stop (numbered «2.»–«4.» here like stanza 1), with the line «CHO.—Come, and reign, &c.» («CHO.» in capital and small capitals; a comma after «Come» in these lines) printed before stanza 2, twice between stanzas 2 and 3, twice between stanzas 3 and 4, and once after stanza 4, where «Anon.» stands at the right in bold italics. The print sets a thin space before «;» and «!» («reign ;», «come ;», «house ;», «me ;», «Saviour !», «die ;», «roam ;»); it is closed up here. Spelling, punctuation and capitals are the print's. Pen marks of the scanned copy («Chorus» and an illegible word beside the title) are not part of the print.