SORROW SHALL COME AGAIN NO MORE

What to me are earth's pleasures, and what its flowing tears?
What are all the sorrows I deplore?
There's a song ever swelling, still lingers on my ears,
Oh. sorrow shall come again no more!

Chorus:
'Tis a song from the home of the weary,
Sorrow, sorrow is forever o'er,
Happy now, ever happy on Canaan's peaceful shore,
Oh, sorrow shall come again no more!

I seek not earthly glory, nor mingle with the gay;
I court not this world's gilded store;
There are voices now calling from the bright realms of day,
Oh, sorrow shall come again no more!

Though here I'm sad and drooping, and weep my life away,
With a lone heart still clinging to the shore,
Yet I hear happy voices, which ever seem to say,
Oh, sorrow shall come again no more!

'Tis a note that is wafted across the troubled wave;
'Tis a song that I've heard upon the shore;
'Tis a sweet thrilling murmur around the Christian's grave;
Oh, sorrow shall come again no more!

'Tis the loud pealing anthem- the victor's holy song,
Where the strife and the conflict are o'er;
Where the saved ones forever, in joyous notes prolong,
Oh, sorrow shall come again no more!

@religion @hymn

From: A Collection of Sabbath School Hymns. Compiled By A Sabbath School Teacher, for the Benefit of the Children in the Confederate States. Raleigh, NC, 1863.

Interesting questions are raised by this song. It would seem to be based on Stephen C. Foster's "Hard Times Come Again No More," which has an earlier date of publication. On the other hand, this 1863 printing may be a late one of this unattributed hymn that could have been the inspiration for Foster. Logic would place Foster's version first, but perhaps more investigation is required.
The complete book is in the North Carolina University website:
http://docsouth.unc.edu/imls/sabbath/sabbath.html
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Thankfully, the DT version is Foster's, free of added verses by others. Like Murray MacLeod, I believe this composition should remain pristine. Verses used by others, of course, may be added as separate versions, kept apart from the original to avoid contamination. Hrrumph!