Beyond
Beyond the smiling and the weeping
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.
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.
3
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.
4
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.
REFRAIN.
Love, rest, and home!Sweet, sweet hope!Lord, tarry not, Lord, tarry not,Lord, tarry not, but come.