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SONS
OF
SORROW,
8s,
7s.
"The
earth
mourneth
and
fadeth
away,
the
world
languisheth
and fadeth
away."
Isa.
24:4.
Treble
by
Wm.
Houser,
1850.
Key
of
E
Minor.
Alto
by
S.
M.
Denson,
1911.
1
Hail
ye
sigh - ing
sons
of
sor - row;
Learn
with
me,
your
cer
-
tain
doom;
Learn
with
me,
your
fate
to
-
mor-row,-Dead,
per-haps,
laid
in
the
tomb !
}
See
all
na-
ture
fad-ing,
dy
-
ing,
2
Of
the
au-tumn
temp-est
ris
-
ing,
Makes
the
loft
-
y
for
-
est
nod;
Soenes
of
na-tuere
how
sur
-
pris
-
ing,
Read
in
na
-
ture,
Na-ture's
God.
And
our
sov
-
"reign
sole,
cre-
a
-
tor
3
Fast
my
sun
of
life's
de
-
clin
-
ing,
Soon
'twill
set
in
dis
-
mal
night;
But
my
hopes,
pure
and
re
-
fin
-
ing,
Rest
in
fu
-
ture
life
and
light.
Cease
then
trem
-
bling,
fear
-
ing,
sigh
-
ing
Si - lent,
all
things
seem
to
mourn;
Life
from
ve
-
ge
-
ta
-
tion
fly
-
ing,
Calls
to
mind
the
mould-ring
urn.
Lives
e
-
ter
-
nal
in
the
sky,
While
we
mor
-
tals
yield
to
na
-
ture,
Bloom
a
while,
then
fade
and
die.
Death
will
break
the
sul-len
gloom,
Soon
my
spir
-
it
flut'ring,
fly
-
ing,
Shall
be
borne
be
-
yond
the
tomb.
We
have
searched
diligently
for
the
author
of
the
above
named
tune,
but
have
been
unable
from
any
of
the
song
books
we
have
examined,
running
up
into
the
hundreds
of
the
old
books,
from
fifty
years
back
of
that,
but
none
of
them
disclose
the
authors
name
further
than
the
treble
which
was
composed
by
William
Houser.
He
was
an
author
of
the
Hesperian
Harp,
published
in
1837
to
1847.
He
was
a
Georgian,
and
published
his
book
in
this
state.
The
hymn
as
it
appears
in
the
song,
was
taken
from
"Mercer's
Cluster,
published
by
Jesse
Mercer
in
1823,
3rd
edition,
page
508;
alto
composed
by
S.
M.
Denson,
1911.