Christ My Song - 406
Beyond the smiling and the weeping - A little while
(Horatius Bonar/Johannes Thomas Rüegg)
A little while.
1. Beyond the smiling and the weeping
I shall be soon;
beyond the waking and the sleeping,
beyond the sowing and the reaping,
I shall be soon.
Love, rest, and home!
Sweet hope!
Lord, tarry not, but come. (PDF - Midi)
2. Beyond the blooming and the fading
I shall be soon;
beyond the shining and the shading,
beyond the hoping and the dreading,
I shall be soon.
Love, rest, and home!
Sweet hope!
Lord, tarry not, but come.
3. Beyond the rising and the setting
I shall be soon!
beyond the calming and the fretting,
beyond remembering and forgetting,
I shall be soon.
Love, rest, and home!
Sweet hope!
Lord, tarry not, but come.
4. Beyond the gathering and the strewing
I shall be soon!
beyond the ebbing and the flowing,
beyond the coming and the going,
I shall be soon.
Love, rest, and home!
Sweet hope!
Lord, tarry not, but come.
5. Beyond the parting and the meeting
I shall be soon!
beyond the farewell and the greeting,
beyond the pulse's fever-beating,
I shall be soon.
Love, rest, and home!
Sweet hope!
Lord, tarry not, but come.
6. Beyond the frost-chain and the fever
I shall be soon!
beyond the rock-waste and the river,
beyond the ever and the never,
I shall be soon.
Love, rest, and home!
Sweet hope!
Lord, tarry not, but come.
Horatius Bonar, Songs of Love and Joy 6.