...gone to the grave ; but we will not deplore thee ; Whose God was thy Ransom, thy Guardian and Guide : He gave thee, He took thee, and He will restore thee ; And death has no sting, for the Saviour has died. Bp. Reginald Heber (1783—1826), 1812. AQ'i SMD TvJw " The T1me is short.'-—...

...sung ; and reading from the Scriptures followed, by Rev. Mr. Bartol, of Lancaster. Then the hymn, " Thou art gone to the grave, but we will not deplore thee," was sung, followed by prayer from Rev. EE Hale, and by the hymn, "O Father, in whose mighty hands."...

...I hear, — Demanding that the harp of woe thou hang : Another christian died ; 'twas Heber sang " Thou art gone to the grave ! but we will not deplore thee, Though sorrows and darkness encompass the tomb ; The Saviour has passed through its portals before...

...gone to the grave, But 'twere wrong to deplore thee, For God was thy ransom, Thy guardian and guide ; He gave thee, he took thee, And he will restore thee...And death has no sting, Since the Saviour has died." Thousands of handkerchiefs were raised to tearful eyes, that took a last loving look at the beautiful...

...of our own land. Bishop Heber is also the author of another hymn of remarkable beauty and pathos : " Thou art gone to the grave ! but we will not deplore thee, Though sorrows and darkness encompass the tomb ; The Saviour hath passed through its portals before...

...the measure, and complete its foot on the first, or accented, part of the following measure; thus: Thou art gone to the grave, but we will not de-plore thee. IS • Though sor-row and dark-ness en - corn-pass the tomb. Weighty rhythms in prose are like spondaic...

...expectation now Is the young dawn of heaven below. Ren. Thomas Gibbont (1720-1785. ) Funeral hymn. 12a» 1 THOU art gone to the grave, but we will not deplore thee ; Though sorrows and darkness encompass the tomb, The Saviour has passed through its portals before...

...A terminal triple or double (anapaestic or iambic) tetrameter, with one added unaccented syllable : Thou art gone to the grave ! but we will not deplore thee, Though sorrow and darkness encompass the tomb ; The Saviour hath passed through its portals before...

...(Ch. Hy., 204.) Heber wrote a burial hymn, on the death of his first child, a great grief to him — " Thou art gone to the grave, but we will not deplore thee, Though sorrows and darkness encompass the tomb ; The Saviour hath passed through its portals before...

...A terminal triple or double (anapaestic or iambic) tetrameter, with one added unaccented syllable : Thou art gone to the grave ! but we will not deplore thee, Though sorrow and darkness encompass the tomb ; The Saviour hath passed through its portals before...