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Brief Life Is Here Our Portion [#BriefLifeIsHereOurPortion #BriefLifeIsHere #OurPortion #BriefLife #IsHereOurPortion #HereOurPortion]

Song based on the Bible verse:

Song written by:
Original in Latin: Bernard of Morlaix [Bernard of Cluny / Bernard of Molay], 12th century
Translated to English from Latin: John Mason Neale [J. M. Neale] (January 24, 1818, London, England, UK – August 6, 1866, East Grinstead, West Sussex, England, UK)

1
Brief life is here our portion
Brief sorrow short lived care
The life that knows no ending
The tearless life is there

2
O happy retribution
Short toil eternal rest
For mortals and for sinners
A mansion with the blest

3
And martyrdom hath roses
Upon that heavenly ground
And white and virgin lilies
For virgin-souls abound

4
There grief is turned to pleasure
Such pleasure as below
No human voice can utter
No human heart can know

5
And after fleshly weakness
And after this world’s night
And after storm and whirlwind
Are calm and joy and light

6
And now we fight the battle
But then shall wear the crown
Of full and everlasting
And passionless renown

7
And He whom now we trust in
Shall then be seen and known
And they that know and see Him
Shall have Him for their own

8
And now we watch and struggle
And now we live in hope
And Zion in her anguish
With Babylon must cope

9
But there is David’s fountain
And life in fullest glow
And there the light is golden
And milk and honey flow

10
The morning shall awaken
The shadows flee away
And each true hearted servant
Shall shine as doth the day

11
There God our King and Portion
In fullness of His grace
We then shall see forever
And worship face to face

12
O sweet and blessèd country
The home of God’s elect
O sweet and blessèd country
That eager hearts expect

13
Jesu in mercy bring us
To that dear land of rest
Who art with God the Father
And Spirit ever blest