Text: | My days are gliding swiftly by |
Author: | David Nelson |
Tune: | SHINING SHORE |
Composer: | George F. Root |
1 My days are gliding swiftly by,
And I, a pilgrim stranger,
Would not detain them as the fly,
Those hours of toil and danger:
Refrain:
For now we stand on Jordan's strand;
Our friends are passing over;
And, just before, the shining shore
We may almost discover.
2 Our absent King the watchword gave,
"Let every lamp be burning;"
We look afar across the wave,
Our distant home discerning. [Refrain]
3 Should coming days be dark and cold,
We will not yield to sorrow,
For hope will sing with courage bold,
"There's glory on the morrow." [Refrain]
4 Let storms of woe in whirlwinds rise,
Each chord on earth to sever,
There--bright and joyous in the skies--
There is our home forever. [Refrain]
Amen.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | My days are gliding swiftly by |
Author: | David Nelson (1835) |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1899 |
Topic: | Death: Anticipated; Funerals; Pilgrimage |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | SHINING SHORE |
Composer: | George F. Root |
Meter: | 8s, 7s |