Now the labourer's task is o'er (John Bacchus Dykes)
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CPDL #22205: Capella
- Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2010-08-26). Score information: A4, 1 page, 21 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: From the Church Hymnary, 1927
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Title: Now the labourer's task is o'er
Composer: John Bacchus Dykes
Tune: Requiescat
Lyricist: John Ellerton
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Hymn Meter: 77. 77 with refrain
Language: English
Instruments: a cappella or Keyboard
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Original text and translations
English text
1. Now the labourer's task is o'er,
Now the battle-day is past;
Now upon the farther shore Lands the voyager at last.
R. Father, in Thy gracious keeping
Leave we now Thy servant sleeping.
2. There the tears of earth are dried;
There its hidden things are clear;
There the work of life is tried
By a juster Judge than here.
R.
3. There the penitents that turn
To the Cross their dying eyes
All the love of Jesus learn
At His feet in Paradise.
R.
4. 'Earth to earth, and dust to dust,'
Calmly now the words we say;
Leaving him to sleep in trust,
Till the resurrection day.
R.