Lyrics

When sorrows encompass me round And many distresses I see Astonished I cry, Can a mortal be found Surrounded with troubles like me? Few seasons of peace I enjoy And they are succeeded by pain If e'er a few moments of praise I employ I have hours and days to complain O! when will my sorrows subside? O! when will my sufferings cease? When will I meet with the loved ones gone by? To the mansions of glory and bliss? My spirit to glory conveyed My body laid low in the ground I wish not a tear at my grave to be shed But all join in praising around If souls disembodied can know Or visit their brethren below My spirit shall join you, while singing let go And leave all my cares in the grave Our bodies, in dust shall obey My soul like an angel will fly Then, changed in a moment, go shouting away To the mansions of love in the skies