Hymn: No more, on earth no more
- Title:
- First Line: No more, on earth no more
- Hymnal: A Book of Hymns for Public and Private Devotion (15th ed.)
- Denomination: Unitarians and Universalists
- Publisher: Ticknor and Fields
- Publication Date: 1866
Author(s)
- Author Name: William Gaskell
- Born: 1805
- Died: 1884
- Gender: M
Full Text
“No more, on earth no more, Shall beam for us that eye; Closed in a strange forgetfulness Forever it must lie. “No more, on earth no more, Shall we behold that face; Within the mournful halls of death Must be its dwelling-place. “No more, on earth no more, Shall those dear lips be heard; Cold silence there hath fixed its seal, Breathed is their latest word.” 'Tis so fond Nature mourns Affection's broken ties; But Faith stands forth, she points on high, Serenely she replies:— “No more, in heaven no more, That eye is dim with tears; But bright, and brighter still, the scene Before its view appears. “No more, in heaven no more, That face a shadow bears; But looks of light, born of a bliss Unknown to earth, it wears. “No more, in heaven no more, That voice is faint with pain; It mingles with angelic bands, In their enraptured strain. “No more, in heaven no more, The parting grief is known; But love has all eternity To look through as its own.”