And all the dead be hearing.
Again shall soul and body be
One, and Thy joy shall taste and see,
Thy Father's kingdom enter.
If 'tis Thy will, O Lord, appear,
To peace and bliss to take me
For ever, Thee may I be near,
How joyful would it make me!
Be open'd wide—of death, thou gate!
That to so bliss'd place and state