Thou Only Solace in Sorrow

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1 O thou who driest the mourner's tear!
How dark this world would be
If, when deceived and wounded here,
We could not fly to thee!

2 O, who would bear life's stormy doom,
Did not thy wing of love
Come, brightly wafting through the gloom
Our peace-branch from above?

3 Each sorrow, touched by thee, grows bright
With more than rapture's ray,
As darkness shows us worlds of light
We never saw by day.

Source: The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book: for use in divine worship #705

Author: Thomas Moore

Thomas Moore United Kingdom 1779-1852. Born at Dublin, Ireland, the son of a grocer, he showed an early interest in music and acting. He was educated at a private school and Trinity College, Dublin. He read at the Middle Temple for the Bar. Moore did not profess religious piety. His translations of ‘Anacreon’ (celebrating wine, women, and song) were published in 1800, with a dedication to the Prince of Wales. He also wrote a comic opera, “the gypsy prince”, staged that year. In 1801 he published a collection of his own verse, “Poetical works of the late Thomas Little Esq”. A Catholic patriot, he defended the Church of Ireland, especially in later politics. In 1803 he held a post under the Government in Bermuda as regis… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: O Thou who driest the mourner's tear
Title: Thou Only Solace in Sorrow
Author: Thomas Moore
Meter: 8.6.8.6
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

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A Book of Hymns for Public and Private Devotion (15th ed.) #475

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A Book of Hymns for Public and Private Devotion. (10th ed.) #475

A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social and Domestic Worship #d643

A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social and Domestic Worship #d647

A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social, and Domestic Worship #d646

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A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social, and Domestic Worship #636

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A Collection of Hymns for the use of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church in America #748

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A Collection of Hymns, for the Christian Church and Home #135

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A Collection of Hymns, for the use of the United Brethren in Christ #915

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A Collection of Hymns #326

A Collection of Spiritual Hymns #292

A New and Choice Selection of Hymns for Social Worship and Pravate Devotion #d74

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A New Selection of Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs #871

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A Pastor's Selection of Hymns and Tunes #188

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Christian Hymns for Public and Private Worship #833

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Church Harmonies #709

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Church Hymnal #476

Church Melodies, a Collection of Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs #d820

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Church Melodies #270

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Church music #373

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Dyer's Psalmist #374

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Echoes of Paradise #115

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Evangelical Hymns #344

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Evangelical Hymns #132

Family and Social Melodies #d263

Family Hymns #d184

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Free Methodist Hymnal #509

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Hymn and Tune Book of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South (Round Note Ed.) #539

Hymn Book of the Holiness Movement Church #d396

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Hymn Book of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South #539

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Hymn Book of the Methodist Protestant Church #312

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Hymn Book of the Methodist Protestant Church. (11th ed.) #312

Hymnal and Ritual Services for the Union Gospel Church #d72

Hymnal of the Evangelical Church. Word ed. #d575

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Hymnal of the Methodist Episcopal Church #611

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Hymnal of the Methodist Episcopal Church #611

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Hymnal of the Presbyterian Church #293

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Hymns additional to the Hymns in the Prayer Book #329

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Hymns and Songs of Praise for Public and Social Worship #1282

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Hymns for All Christians #L56

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Hymns for all Christians #256

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Hymns for Christian Devotion #632

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Hymns for Christian Devotion #632

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Hymns for Christian Melody #797

Hymns for Mothers #d56

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Hymns for Public Worship #286

Hymns for Schools and Families #d77

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Hymns for Social Worship #463

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Hymns for Sunday Schools, Youth and Children #350

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Hymns for Sunday Schools, Youth, and Children #350

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Hymns for the Church of Christ (3rd thousand) #704

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Hymns for the Church of Christ. (6th thousand) #704

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Hymns for the Sanctuary #425

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Hymns for the Sanctuary and Social Worship #875

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Hymns for the Use of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Rev. ed. #748

Hymns for Use in Divine Worship ... Seventh-Day Adventists #d824

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Hymns of the Ages #203

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Hymns of the Ages #203

Hymns of the Millennial Dawn #ad211

Hymns of the Millennial Dawn, with Music #d211

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Hymns of the Spirit #600

Methodist Hymn and Tune Book #d618

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Methodist Hymn-Book #493

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Methodist Social Hymn Book #204

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Methodist Tune Book #104

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New Christian Hymn and Tune Book #276

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New Christian Hymn and Tune Book #276

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New Hymn and Tune book #125a

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New Hymn and Tune Book #125a

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New Life #142

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Plymouth Collection #a774

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Plymouth Collection of Hymns and Tunes; for the use of Christian Congregations #774

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Poems and Hymns of Dawn #228

Prayers and Hymns for the Church and the Home #d500

Psalms and Hymns Adapted to Social, Private and Public Worship #d633

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Psalms and Hymns and Spiritual Songs #958

Psalms and Hymns for the Worship of God #d621

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Psalms and Hymns, Adapted to Public Worship #345

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Psalms and Hymns #417

Resurrected Songs prepared for the Church #d172

Revival Hymns ... with a Supplement. 2nd ed. #d209

Sacred Melodies #d193

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Sacred Songs for Family and Social Worship #289

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Sacred Songs for Family and Social Worship #327

Select Melodies, comprising the Best of Those Hymns and Spiritual Songs in Common Use #d168

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Songs for the Sanctuary, or Hymns and Tunes for Christian Worship #975

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Songs for the Sanctuary; or Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship (Baptist Ed.) #975

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Songs for the Sanctuary; or, Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship (Words only) #975

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Songs for the Sanctuary #975

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Songs for the Sanctuary #975

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Songs for the Sanctuary #975

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