Doth make us gentle, brave and strong;

And trustful too, till we can see

With eyes of Him of Galilee—

Sweet Sabbath notes from the amateur,

Which filled my soul with a speedy cure.

The bird will better sing, and I

Shall carol sweetly by and by;

After earth’s songs on vernal sod,

Then high above in the choir of God.

What wondrous choir—how vast, how bright,