How Blest the Righteous When He Dies Lyrics Mrs. A.L. Barbauld, 1773
4 verses, meter L.M., public domain, free to print and project.
The words
Verse 1. How blest the righteous when he dies!
When sinks a weary soul to rest!
How mildly beam the closing eyes!
How gently heaves the expiring breast!
Verse 2. So fades a summer cloud away;
So sinks the gale when storms are o’er;
So gently shuts the eye of day;
So dies a wave along the shore.
Verse 3. A holy quiet reigns around,
A calm which life nor death destroys;
And naught disturbs that peace profound
Which his unfettered soul enjoys.
Verse 4. Life’s labor done, as sinks the clay,
Light from its load the spirit flies,
While heaven and earth combine to say,
How blest the righteous when he dies!
Words copied from The Otterbein Hymnal (1892). They were published in 1773, so they are in the public domain in the United States, and your church may print them, show them and sing them without a license.
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