Did Christ o'er sinners weep,
And shall our cheeks be dry?
Let floods of penitential grief
Burst forth from every eye.

2 The Son of God in tears --
The wondering angels see!
Be thou astonished, O my soul!
He shed those tears for thee.

3 He wept -- that we might weep --
Each sin demands a tear;
In heaven alone no sin is found,
And there's no weeping there.

Benjamin Beddome, 1787.