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Lyrics
Brief life is here our portion,
brief sorrow, short-lived care;
the life that knows no ending,
the tearless life, is there.
O happy retribution!
Short toil, eternal rest:
for mortals and for sinners,
a mansion with the blest!
That we should look, poor wanderers
to have our home on high!
That worms should seek for dwellings
beyond the starry sky!
And now we fight the battle,
but then shall wear the crown
of full and everlasting
and passionless renown.
And now we watch and struggle,
and now we live in hope,
and Zion in her anguish
with Babylon must cope;
but he whom now we trust in
shall then be seen and known,
and they that know and see him
shall have him for their own.
O sweet and blessèd country,
the home of God's elect!
O sweet and blessèd country,
that eager hearts expect!
Jesus, in mercy bring us
to that dear land of rest,
who art, with God the Father
and Spirit, ever blest.
Historical Notes
Translation of the poem De Contemptu Mundi
Author
Meter
76 76
Music
Scores
Munich,
St. Alphege,
St. Anselm,
St. George's Bolton,
Weimar
Other Comments
Sources
Hymnals
| Hymnal
| Number
| Tunes Used
|
| Hymns Ancient & Modern, 1861-1874
| # 142
| St. Alphege
|
| The Anglican Hymn Book, 1868
| # 260
| St. Alphege
|
| The Sarum Hymnal, 1869
| # 319i
| St. Alphege
|
| The Parish Hymnal, 1870
| # 181
|
|
| The Church Hymnal, 1871 (Hall & Whiteley)
| # 491
| Crüger
|
| The Church Hymnal, 1874 (Goodrich & Gilbert)
| # 491
| Munich, St. Alphege
|
| The Church Hymnal, 1874 (Tucker & Rousseau)
| # 491
| St. Alphege, Noel
|
| The Church Hymnal, 1874 (Hutchins)
| # 491
| Cluny, St. Alphege
|
| Church Hymns with Tunes, 1874
| # 341
| St. Alphege
|
| Church Hymnal (Church of Ireland), 1874
| # 343
| Weimar
|
| Hymns Ancient & Modern, Standard, 1875-1924
| # 225
| Hic breve vivitur, St. Alphege
|
| A Church of England Hymn Book, 1879
| # 425ii
|
|
| The Universal Hymn Book, 1885
| # 467
|
|
| The Hymnal Companion, 1890
| # 249i
| St. Alphege
|
| The Church Hymnal, 1892 (Darlington)
| # 406
| Ewing
|
| The Church Hymnal, 1892 (Parker)
| # 406
| St. Alphege
|
| The Church Hymnal, 1892 (Hutchins)
| # 406
| Holy City, St. Alphege, St. George's Bolton
|
| The Church Hymnal, 1892 (Tucker & Rousseau)
| # 406
| Hall, St. Alphege, O bona patria
|
| The Church Hymnal, 1892 (Helfenstein)
| # 406
| St. Alphege
|
| The Church Hymnal, 1892 (Messiter)
| # 406
| St. Alphege
|
| The Church Hymnary (Scotland), 1902
| # 332
| St. Alphege
|
| Church Hymns, New Edition, 1903
| # 561
| St. Alphege
|
| Hymns Ancient & Modern, New Edition, 1904
| # 376
| St. Alphege
|
| The English Hymnal, 1906
| # 371
| Thule
|
| The Book of Common Praise (Canada), 1908
| # 412
| St. Alphege
|
| The Hymnal 1916 (US)
| # 69
| St. Alphege
|
| Church Hymnal for the Christian Year, 1917
| # 475
| St. Alphege
|
| Church Hymnal (Ireland), 1919
| # 440
| St. Alphege
|
| Church Hymnal Revised, 1920 (Hutchins)
| # 401
| St. Alphege, St. Anselm
|
| The Oxford Hymn Book, 1925
| # 301
| Hic breve vivitur, Jabes, St. Alphege
|
| Songs of Praise, 1925
| # 211
| Devonshire, St. Alphege
|
| Songs of Praise, Enlarged Edition, 1931
| # 459
| Devonshire, St. Alphege
|
| The Book of Common Praise (Canada), 1938
| # 626
| Devonshire, St. Alphege
|
| The Hymnal 1940 (US)
| # 596
| Oslo, St. Alphege
|
| Hymns Ancient & Modern, Revised, 1950
| # 275
| St. Alphege, Werde munter
|
| Church Hymnal (Ireland), 1960
| # 435
| Thule
|
| The New English Hymnal, 1985
| # 326
| Devonshire, St. Alphege
|
