89: Nicht so traurig, nicht so sehr.

Nicht so traurig, nicht so sehr.--(Goed. 89.)

[Christian Contentment.]

Founded on Psalm CXVI, 7; Psalm XLII, 6-12; 1 Tim. VI, 6. Appeared in the 3d ed., 1648, of Crü. Praxis, no. 251, in 15 stanzas of 6 lines; in Wackernagel: no. 53; Bachmann: no. 16; Berlin G. L. S.: 1863, no. 851.

English Versions:

1. Ah! grieve not so, nor so lament.

A free rendering by Mrs. Findlater and Miss Borthwick of stanzas I, II, VII-X, XIII, XV, in the first Series, 1854, of the H. L. L., p. 48 (1884, p. 50).

2. Why this sad and mournful guise.

Miss Dunn, 1857, p. 85.

3. Not so darkly, not so deep.

Miss Warner, 1858 (1861, p. 58).

4. O my soul, why dost thou grieve.

J. Kelly, 1867, p. 155.

Selected Stanzas:

Mrs. Findlater (and Miss Borthwick) in their Hymns from the Land of Luther, 1884.