A FAREWELL
Farewell, but oh, where'er you go,
O'er rolling land or surging sea,
Remember that the same blue sky
As one roof covers you and me!
O'er rolling land or surging sea,
Remember that the same blue sky
As one roof covers you and me!
And when the morning sunbeams shine,
Night's gloomy darkness to dispel,
Think that the same bright beams are mine,
And morn has dawned for me as well.
Night's gloomy darkness to dispel,
Think that the same bright beams are mine,
And morn has dawned for me as well.
And when the evening stars arise
To set the skies' supernal blue,
Look up and think while daylight dies
That I am looking at them too.
To set the skies' supernal blue,
Look up and think while daylight dies
That I am looking at them too.
Farewell, but oh, where'er you go,
O'er rolling land or surging sea,
Remember that the same blue sky
As one roof covers you and me!
O'er rolling land or surging sea,
Remember that the same blue sky
As one roof covers you and me!
A SONG OF JOY
My heart is full of thankfulness,
My soul o'erflows with song,
My mind has caught some unknown notes
That to the birds belong;
I find no language for my tune,
No utterance to my praise,
Only a sweet forgetfulness,
A breath of sunny days.
I'll fling my song away from earth,
It can no language wear,
My praise shall seek the angel choir
And find an echo there.
My soul o'erflows with song,
My mind has caught some unknown notes
That to the birds belong;
I find no language for my tune,
No utterance to my praise,
Only a sweet forgetfulness,
A breath of sunny days.
I'll fling my song away from earth,
It can no language wear,
My praise shall seek the angel choir
And find an echo there.
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