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| Text: | Here on the Paths of Every Day |
| Author: | Edwin Markham, 1852-1940 |
| Tune: | FILLMORE |
1 Here on the paths of every day —
here on the common human way —
is all the stuff the gods would take
to build a heaven, to mold and make
New Edens. Ours the task sublime
to build eternity in time.
2 We need no other stones to build
the temple of the unfulfilled —
no other ivory for the doors —
no other marble for the floors —
no other cedar for the beam
and dome of our immortal dream.
| Text Information | |
|---|---|
| First Line: | Here on the paths of every day |
| Title: | Here on the Paths of Every Day |
| Author: | Edwin Markham, 1852-1940 (alt.) |
| Meter: | 8.8.8.8.8.8. |
| Language: | English |
| Publication Date: | 1993 |
| Topic: | Humanist Teachings: Humanity: Women and Men; The Eternal Now |
| Tune Information | |
|---|---|
| Name: | FILLMORE |
| Meter: | 8.8.8.8.8.8. |
| Key: | D Major |
| Source: | William Walker's Southern Harmony, 1835 |
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