The Cyber Hymnal ‎#9931

9931. The Smoke Alas, Must Still Ascend

1 The smoke alas, must still ascend,
And never will their torment end,
No respite can the damned obtain,
No interval of rest from pain;
Millions of years shall pass away,
Nor shorten the eternal day,
While still in blasphemies they own
Their punishment but just begun.

2 Vain, wretched man, whose fond desire
Would quench the everlasting fire,
Or teach it will not always last,
After a course of æons past;
O mayst thou never, never know
The dark abyss of endless woe,
Or in its literal strictness feel
The truth of an eternal hell.

Text Information

• First Line: The smoke alas, must still ascend
• Title: The Smoke Alas, Must Still Ascend
• Author: Charles Wesley
• Meter: LMD
• Language: English
• Source: Short Hymns on Select Passages of Holy Scripture (Bristol, England: E. Farley, 1762)
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: TALLIS' LAMENTATION
• Meter: LMD
• Key: d minor
• Source: Day's Psalter, 1562