Hymn
Thou Only Solace in Sorrow
- Writer
- Thomas Moore
- Theme
- Comfort
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!
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?
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.
Thou Only Solace in Sorrow — Text from The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book, 1886. Public domain. https://yeshuanow.com/hymns/thou-only-solace-in-sorrow
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Questions about this hymn
Who wrote Thou Only Solace in Sorrow?
The words of Thou Only Solace in Sorrow were written by Thomas Moore; the version here was published in 1886. The library also holds Come, Ye Disconsolate, another hymn by Thomas Moore.
Is Thou Only Solace in Sorrow public domain?
Yes. The words here are taken from The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book, published in 1886. Works published before 1931 are out of copyright in the United States, so you can print, project, perform and record this hymn freely. How we source and check every hymn.
What is the meter of Thou Only Solace in Sorrow?
Thou Only Solace in Sorrow is in Common Meter (8.6.8.6). Hymns in the same meter can usually be sung to the same tunes — for example, Walking with God, God is Everywhere and Praise to the Redeemer.