English poem
_The Tune._
by Hezekiah Butterworth (1839–1905)
The once popular score that easily made the hymn a favorite, was "Salem," in the old Psalmodist. It still appears in some note-books, though the name of its composer is uncertain. Its notes (in 6-8 time) succeed each other in syllabic modulations that give a soft dactylic accent to the measure and a wavy current to the lines:
O happy saints that dwell in light, And walk with Jesus clothed in white, Safe landed on that peaceful shore, Where pilgrims meet to part no more:
Released from sorrow, toil and strife, Death was the gate to endless life, And now they range the heavenly plains And sing His love in melting strains.
Another version reads:
----and welcome to an endless life, Their souls have now begun to prove The height and depth of Jesus' love.