BROTHER, thou art gone before us, and thy saintly soul is flown Where tears are wiped from every eye, and sorrow is unknown ; From the burden of the flesh, and from care and fear released, Where the wicked cease from troubling, and the weary are at rest. The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal - Page 5111900Full view - About this book
| Annie Webb - 1850 - 338 pages
...of Marcus, severed at one blow, rolled on the ground. The martyr had gained his crown ! CHAPTER XI. Brother, thou art gone before us, and thy saintly soul is flown Where tears are wiped from every eye, and sorrow is unknown ; From the burthen of the flesh, and from... | |
| Isaac Baker Woodbury - Anthems - 1850 - 352 pages
...— • 1 — 9 — 1 1 1 «=> — i ! 1 ; 1 — w~\ 1 — 9 ' H — ^7^ — " — "«, 6'« <f- 8V Brother, thou art gone before us, And thy saintly soul is flown Where tears are wiped from every eye, And ног-row is un-known. (Omit ) From the bur-den of the flesh,... | |
| Christian poets - Christian poetry, English - 1851 - 470 pages
...sin, Nor aught of glory add to Thy all-glorious name. " DEVOUT MEN CARRIED STEPHEN TO HIS BURIAL.' BROTHER, thou art gone before us, And thy saintly soul is flown Where tears are wiped from every eye, And sorrow is unknown : From the burthen of the flesh, And from... | |
| David Macbeth Moir - English poetry - 1851 - 398 pages
...me as particularly fine ; and its solemn music has often, through many years, haunted my memory. " Brother, thou art gone before us, And thy saintly soul is flown Where tears are wiped from every eye, And sorrow is unknown. From the burden of the flesh, And from... | |
| Henry Kemp Richardson - 1851 - 364 pages
...entrance will be given ; All your sorrows left below, And earth exchang'd for heaven. DEATH. p. M. 1 BROTHER, thou art gone before us, And thy saintly soul is flown Where tears are wiped from every eye, And sorrow is unknown : From the burden of the flesh, And from... | |
| Frederic Charles Cook - 1851 - 118 pages
...side, Lord ! our suppliant knees we bow, Son of God ! 'tis Thou, 'tis Thou ! MLLMAN. FUNERAL ANTHEM. Brother, thou art gone before us, And thy saintly soul is flown, Where tears are wiped from every eye And sorrow is unknown ; From the burthen of the flesh, And from... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1851 - 768 pages
...rise Irno thy native skies, Thy human form dissolved on high In its own radianey. THE BURIAL ANTHEM. Brother, thou art gone before us, And thy saintly soul is flown Where tears are wiped from every eye, And sorrow is unknown. From the burthen of the flesh, And from... | |
| James Martineau - Hymns, English - 1852 - 544 pages
...escaped today, — And we shall mount tomorrow, And soar to thee away. 143. 171. 403. PM Funeral hymn. 1 BROTHER! thou art gone before us, And thy saintly soul is flown, Where the tear is wiped away, And the sigh of grief unknown ; From the burden of the flesh, And from... | |
| George W. Henry - Evangelists - 1853 - 528 pages
...you fear ; Grief nor sorrow, pain nor anguish, Shall no more distress you there. THE WEARY AT REST. BROTHER, thou art gone before us, and thy saintly soul is flown Where tears are wiped from every eye, and sorrow is unknown ; From the burden of the flesh, and from... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1853 - 800 pages
...rise Into thy native skies, Thy human form dissolved on high In its own radiancy. THE BURIAL ANTHEM. Brother, thou art gone before us, And thy saintly soul is flown Where tears are wiped from every eye, And sorrow is unknown. From the burden of the flesh, And from... | |
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