 HARK! from the tombs a doleful sound! My ears attend the cry; " Ye living men, come view the ground, Where you must shortly lie. 2 " Princes, this clay must be your bed, In spite of all your towers; The tall, the wise, the reverend head Must lie as low...  The Day - Page 1661832Full view - About this book
 | Methodist Episcopal Church - 1848 - 628 pages
...breathe my life out sweetly there. 563 Windsor— p. 67.] CM HARK ! from the tombs a doleful sound, My ears, attend the cry : " Ye living men, come view the ground Where you must shortly lie. 2 " Princes, this clay must be your bed, In spite of all your towers ; The tall, the wise, the reverend... | |
 | West Church (Boston, Mass.) - 1849 - 558 pages
...tale is told, May we dwell with thee above. 464 FUNERAL OCCASIONS. CM 592. WATTS. A Funeral Thought. i HARK. ! from the tombs a doleful sound ; Mine ears...come view the ground, Where you must shortly lie. •2 " Princes, this clay must he your bed, In spite of all your towers ; The tall, the wise, the reverend... | |
 | 1849 - 704 pages
...And present, Lord ! with thee. CM A Voice from the Ibm*. 1 HARK ! from the tombs a doleful sound ! My ears ! attend the cry — "Ye living men! come view the ground, Where you must shortly lie. 2 " Princes ! this clay must be your bed, In spite of all your towers ; The tall, the wise, the reverend... | |
 | 1849 - 780 pages
...as if her soul was just surrendering her own body to God ; " Hark from the tomb a doleful sonnd : My ears, attend the cry ; Ye living men, come view the ground, Where you must shortly lie." Adding, blessed Lord God take my soul unto myself, but I desire to do thy will, grant me faith and... | |
 | 1878 - 668 pages
...the Psalms, and not continued, I think. J. o. AUTHORS OF QUOTATIONS WAMTKD. — " Hark, from the tomb a doleful sound ! Mine ears, attend the cry ! Ye living men, come view the ground Where ye must shortly lie." JRM " Unfading in glory, unfailing in years, The mother of Churchmen and Tories... | |
 | 1910 - 702 pages
...being noted singers. Doubtless many played the fiddle. They did not have "Gospel Hymns", but they sang; "Hark ! from the tombs a doleful sound ! Mine ears...come view the ground Where you must shortly lie." Sometimes this might be sung; it is in the old book: "His sounding chariots shake the sky, He makes... | |
 | Freemasons. Grand Lodge of Georgia, John Wesley Akin - 1911 - 356 pages
...[The above is the standard and ancient ode for this occasion, but the following is sometimes used.l Hark! from the tombs a doleful sound! Mine ears attend...come, view the ground Where you must shortly lie. Great God! Is this our certain doom? And are we still secure, Still walking downward to the tomb, And... | |
 | Mattatuck Historical Society - 1917 - 352 pages
...in his 93d year. He was the first child born in this place. "Hark from the tombs a doleful sound; My ears attend the cry: — 'Ye living men, come view the ground Where you must shortly lie.' " Captain Isaac, d. April 15, 1826, aged 90 yrs. Captain Isaac R.' James, son of Asahel, d. June 17,... | |
 | Irving E. Lowery - 1911 - 198 pages
...being done the leader announced that other hymn of Dr. Watts : "HarkL-from the tombs a doleful sound My ears, attend the cry; Ye living men, come view the ground Where you must shortly lie." These hymns were sung with a spirit and pathos which were sufficient to move the heart of a savage.... | |
 | Jirah Dewey Buck - 1912 - 218 pages
...It is half a century since I have heard the hymn, or the nightmare, in Church: " Hark from the tomb a doleful sound! Mine ears attend the cry; Ye living...men, come view the ground Where you must shortly lie "— though I did hear of its being quoted in a " Valedictory address" in a law school! There was another... | |
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