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Despair Not, O Heart

Words and music by Aurelius Clemens Prudentius · tr. O. T. Sanden · 1909

Key of F · 100 BPM · 2/4 · Hope,Assurance,Peace · Jn 14:1-4

Verse 1

Despair not, O heart,
in thy sorrow,
But hope from God's promises borrow
Beware in thy sorrow, of sinning
For death is of life the beginning.

Verse 2

The body is shrouded in mourning;
The garlands, the casket adorning,
Are emblems of hope
that betoken, O Death, that thy power is broken.

Verse 3

A dearly belov'd one hath left
us; God hath in His Wisdom bereft
us; But He
will not leave us forsaken,We know that the dead shall awaken.

Verse 4

When dawneth the glorious morrow,
This body that we
view with sorrow,
A glorified form
shall be given, Restored to its spirit in heaven.

Verse 5

The seed that in springtime is planted,
Is hid in the ground,
but if granted
A measure of sunshine and showers,
Will spring into fruitage and flowers;

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