Part II

Blissful Region

How sweet to reflect on those joys that await me,

p. 2
Key B-flat major
Singing key G major
Time 6/8
3 stanzas

Words

How sweet to reflect on those joys that await me,In yon blissful region, the haven of rest.Where glorified spirits with welcome shall greet meAnd lead me to mansions prepared for the blest.Encircled in 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.

While angelic legions with harps tuned celestial,Harmoniously join in the concert of praise,The saints, as they flock from the regions terrestrial,In loud hallelujahs their voices will raise:Then songs to the Lamb shall re-echo through heaven,My soul will respond, to Immanuel be givenAll glory, all honor, all might and dominion,Who brought us through grace to 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's 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 Millennial Harp (1843), Part II, pp. 2–3. Stanza 1 is printed under the music: lines 1–2 and 3–4 as the two text lines under the upper staff of systems 1–2 (1st and 2nd time of the repeat), lines 5–6 under the upper staff of systems 3–4, and lines 7–8 under the Second Treble of systems 1–2 (sung after the D. C.). Stanzas 2 and 3 are printed as verse on p. 3. No meter, author or composer is printed. The same poem is printed with another tune as «Eden of Love» in Part I (pp. 10–11).