Text: | From Distant Shores Returning |
Author: | C. Barth |
Translator: | H. Brueckner |
Tune: | VIATOR |
Composer: | Anon. |
1 From distant shores returning,
The pilgrim journeys home;
For rest His soul is yearning,
He would no longer roam.
2 A flowered grave encloses
What he had held so dear;
He sees the wilting roses,
And looks beyond for cheer.
3 Great cities often glory
In boundless wealth of gold,
But soon the doleful story
Of their decay is told.
4 The harps sweet tones are waning
Upon the silent air,
Nor day nor night retaining
That melody so fair.
5 The pilgrim who the pleasures
Of yonder world can taste,
Cares naught for earthly treasures,
That soon will go to waste.
6 He longs for things immortal,
For joys that ne'er decay,
And so to heaven's portal
He fondly wends his way.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | From distant shores returning |
Title: | From Distant Shores Returning |
Translator: | H. Brueckner (1925) |
Author: | C. Barth (1850) |
Meter: | 7 6 7 6 |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1930 |
Topic: | Meditation |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | VIATOR |
Composer: | Anon. |
Meter: | 7 6 7 6 |
Key: | E♭ Major |
Source: | German chorale: Der Pilger aus der Ferne |