Hated Death

 

Who art thou there prevailing one

that lingers in the dark

who haunts the steps of everyone

to whom they shall embark

Thou morbid foe that doth divide

and separate from loves

without a care of harm thou cause

or grief imposed thereof

The saddened stones that set a mark

of those known once in life

the traces of the memories

of mom of dad of wife

The husbands gone the children too

without regard to pain

the young the old the rich the poor

from none doth thou refrain

The friends acquaints the enemies

from none doth thou abstain

for one for all of inhaled breath

their life soon thou wilt drain

Thou hated one by all that live

who plan their course alive

with life's companions of their souls

you've stripped and hath deprived

But fault thou hast oh wretched death

thou enemy of God

when set thy face against His strength

revealed thy temp'ral fraud

Thou horrid fear of all who live

who eyed upon the cross

the Sovereign One hast caught thy gaze

and brought thy plight to loss

For from the grave thou could not keep

His body in the grave

for Jesus risen from the dead

has resurrection paved

The sting of death He took from thee

that sin hath brought to man

and stripped thee of thy power play

thus spoiled thy woeful plan

Now death thy fate hast been pronounced

and grave doth not have plea

Jesus Christ has saved our souls

with stole thy victory

Oh lingering foe whose breath so near

and panteth for our time

Christ swallowed up in victory

forbid thee of thy crime

So troubled soul who feareth death

defeated foe be he

victorious cross hath paved the way

and live again shall we