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BRIEF life is here our portion,
   Brief sorrow, short-lived care;
The life that knows no ending,
    The tearless life is there.
O happy retribution!
    Short toil, eternal rest;
For all repentant sinners,
    A mansion with the blest.
 
2  There grief is turned to pleasure,
    Such pleasure as below,
No mortal voice can utter,
    No human heart can know;
And Jesus Whom we trust in
    Shall then be seen and known,
And they that know and see Him
    Shall have Him for their own.
 
3  The morning shall awaken,
    The shadows shall decay,
And each believing servant
    Shall shine as doth the day.
For God our King and portion,
    In fulness of His grace,
We there shall see for ever,
    And worship face to face.
 
4  O sweet and blessèd country,
    The home of God’s elect!
Eternal place of glory
    That waiting hearts expect!
Saviour, in mercy bring us
    To that dear land of rest,
Where Thou art with the Father
    And Spirit, ever blest.
 
Bernard of Morlaix (ie: Cluny), 12th century,
adapted cento from tr of John Mason Neale, 1818-66