Come, Let Us Now Forget Our Mirth

Verse 1

Come, let us now forget our mirth, And think that we must die: What are our best delights on earth, Compared with those on high?

Verse 2

A sad and sinful world is this, Although it seems so fair; But Heaven is perfect joy and bliss, For God Himself is there.

Verse 3

Here all our pleasures soon are past, Our brightest joys decay; But pleasures there for ever last, And can not fade away.

Verse 4

Here many a pain and bitter groan Our feeble bodies tear; But pain and sickness are not known, And never shall be, there.

Verse 5

Here sins and sorrows we deplore With many cares distressed; But there the mourners weep no more, And there the weary rest.

Verse 6

Our dearest friends when death shall call, At once must hence depart; But there we hope to meet them all, And never, never part.

Verse 7

Then let us love and serve the Lord With all our youthful powers, And we shall gain this great reward, This glory shall be ours.