| Stanza | Poetry Source by First Line | |||
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| 1 |
Why should we start, and fear to die? What tim'rous worms we mortals are, Death is the gate of endless joy, And yet we dread to enter there. (Chorus) |
Why should we start, and fear to die?, Stanza 1 |
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| Chorus |
I'm going home to Christ above; I'm going to the Christian's rest, To die no more, to die no more, I'm going home to die no more. |
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| 2 |
Oh, if my Lord would come and meet, My soul should stretch her wings in haste, Fly fearless through death's iron gate, Nor feel the terrors as she passed. (Chorus) |
Why should we start, and fear to die?, Stanza 3 |