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Hymns and Tunes 1876 302

Lone pilgrim, cease that mournful sigh

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1Lone pilgrim, cease that mournful sigh— Thy Jesus lives, and thou shalt die! Have loved ones gone, does earth look drear? Look up! shed not that bitter tear.

2What though the heart is saddened now, And shadows cross thy troubled brow, And grief the bosom heaving still— Look up! submit to Heaven's will.

3Do trials, unexpected, rise? Look up! and view the glorious prize; Let not life's sorrows press you down— Look up! for thou shalt wear the crown.

4Lift up your head, rejoice and sing— Look up! by faith behold your King; He soon is coming, heed his call— Look up! and make your troubles small.

5He'll come, all troubles here to end; He'll come, a never-failing friend; He'll come to take his children home— Look up! and pray, Lord, quickly come.

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The verse

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Verse 1

Lone pilgrim, cease that mournful sigh— Thy Jesus lives, and thou shalt die! Have loved ones gone, does earth look drear? Look up! shed not that bitter tear.//˘/˘/˘///˘/˘///˘///˘//?/˘/˘˘/˘/32A

Verse 2

What though the heart is saddened now, And shadows cross thy troubled brow, And grief the bosom heaving still— Look up! submit to Heaven's will.˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/////˘/˘/˘/˘/˘//˘˘/˘/˘˘32A

Verse 3

Do trials, unexpected, rise? Look up! and view the glorious prize; Let not life's sorrows press you down— Look up! for thou shalt wear the crown.˘/˘/˘/˘//˘˘/˘/˘˘//˘//˘/˘//˘˘///˘/33A

Verse 4

Lift up your head, rejoice and sing— Look up! by faith behold your King; He soon is coming, heed his call— Look up! and make your troubles small./˘˘/˘/˘//˘˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘//˘˘/˘/˘/32A

Verse 5

He'll come, all troubles here to end; He'll come, a never-failing friend; He'll come to take his children home— Look up! and pray, Lord, quickly come.////˘/˘///˘????///˘/˘/˘//˘˘///˘/32A

Counted by machine from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. It cannot hear emphasis or a poet’s licence, so treat it as a place to start reading, not the last word.