Old Melodies

How sweet to reflect on those joys that await me

No. 1181
Metre 12s & 11s. P.
Tune EDEN.
Words Anon.
Music Arranged.
Key B-flat major
Singing key B♭ major
Time 6/8
2 stanzas

Words

How sweet to reflect on those joys that await meIn yon blissful region, the haven of rest;Where bright, holy angels with welcome shall greet me,And lead me to mansions prepared for the blest.Encircled with light, and with glory enshrouded,My happiness perfect, my mind's sky unclouded,I'll bathe in the ocean of pleasure unbounded,And range with delight through the Eden of love.

Then hail, blessed state! hail, ye songsters of glory!Ye harpers of bliss, soon I 'll meet you above,And join your full choir in rehearsing the story,Salvation from sorrow, through Jesus' love.Though prisoned in earth, yet by anticipation,Already my soul feels a sweet prelibationOf joys that await me when freed from probation;My heart 's now in heaven, the Eden of love.

About this hymn

As printed As printed: running head «MISCELLANEOUS—OLD MELODIES.»; hymn number «1181» (large), tune name «EDEN. 12s & 11s. P.» centred over the music, «ARRANGED.» at the right (capitals and small capitals). Stanza 1 is interlinear, set as running words: under system 1 two lines joined by a brace with «1.» before it — the first sung, the second sung on the repeat of system 1 — and, under the bass staff of system 1, an italic line headed «D. S.—», sung after the «D. S.» at the end of system 2 (the music returns to the segno over m1 and ends at «Fine.»); under system 2 one line, ending with «I'll», the up-beat of the D. S. line. Stanza 1 below is assembled in the order sung. Stanza 2 is printed as text in the left column below the music (no reference line), numbered «2» without period, followed by «Anon.» in italics. Lines 2, 4 and 8 of each stanza are indented in the print. «I 'll» and «heart 's» (stanza 2) are set with a space before the apostrophe and are kept so; «Jesus'» as printed. The print sets a thin space before «!» and «;» («state !», «glory !», «probation ;»); it is closed up here. Spelling, punctuation and capitals are the print's. A handwritten line in the top margin of the exemplar (read as «Tune — Old Oaken Bucket») is not printed matter.