48. The summer days are come again

1 The summer days are come again;
once more the glad earth yields
her golden wealth of ripening grain
and breath of clover fields
and deepening shade of summer woods
and glow of summer air
and winging thoughts and happy moods
of love and joy and prayer.

2 The summer days are come again;
the birds are on the wing;
God's praises, in their loving strain,
unconsciously they sing.
We know who gives all the good
that doth our cup o'erbrim;
for summer joy in field and wood,
we lift our song to Him.

Text Information
First Line: The summer days are come again
Author: Samuel Longfellow, 1819-1892 (alt.)
Meter: DCM
Language: English
Publication Date: 2004
Topic: Creation: Seasons of the Year
Tune Information
Name: FOREST GREEN
Harmonizer: Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1872-1958
Meter: DCM
Key: F Major
Source: English Traditional Melody; Harm.: The English Hymnal, 1906
Copyright: Harm. by permission of Oxford University Press



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