Verse 1
Born that others might rejoice
Sweetly she their cares beguil’d,
Listning to her tuneful voice
Grief was hush’d, and anguish smil’d:
Clouds she scatter’d with her eye,
Welcom as the peaceful Dove,
Vanquish’d by her soft reply
Nabal melted into love.

Verse 2
More esteem’d as nearer view’d,
More belov’d as longer known,
Good, without pretention good,
Smooth and swift her race she run;
Patiently her soul possest,
When his blessings she restor’d,
God in every stroke confest,
Meekly own’d It is the Lord!

Verse 3
Witness her companions here
How she wail’d her infants dead,
You who saw her tenderest tear
When her dearest comforts fled!
Did she not the murmurer shame,
Teach the sufferer to submit,
Bless her great Redeemer’s Name
Weep in silence at his feet?

Verse 4
Smiling on his mourner there,
Ready all her tears to dry,
Israel’s Strength and Comforter
Whisper’d her deliverance nigh:
Messenger of lasting peace,
Pain, immortalizing pain
Hastens to her soul’s release
Gives her back her babes again.

Verse 5
Anguish if her Lord employs,
Shall she not his choice approve?
Mark’d for everlasting joys
Summon’d to her place above,
Happy in the arms of death,
Lo, the lovely Victim lies,
Rachel gasping out her breath,
Finishing her Sacrifice!

Verse 6
LIFE is to her rescue come,
In her mortal pangs sustains,
By the Fruit of Mary’s womb
She the full salvation gains:
Every promise is fulfil’d,
Every grace and blessing given;
Now the glorious heir is seal’d,
Ripe for all the joys of heaven.

Verse 7
Heaven expanded in her heart,
Love ineffable, divine
Makes the soul and body part,
Swells, and bursts the earthy shrine:
Wafted by th’ angelic powers,
In an extacy of praise
To her Saviour’s arms she soars,
Finds his throne, and SEES his Face!