The Sacred Harp 2012 Cooper Book Edition
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Song · Page 47b

Idumea

Lyrics

And am I born to die?
To lay this body down?
And must my trembling spirit fly
Into a world unknown!

A land of deepest shade,
Unpierced by human thought;
The dreary regions of the dead,
Where all things are forgot!

Soon as from earth I go,
What will become of me?
Eternal happiness or woe
Must then my portion be!

Waked by the trumpet sound,
I from my grave shall rise;
And see the Judge with glory crowned,
And see the flaming skies!