Hymnal: Fillmore's Harp of Zion
Date: 1867
Compiler: A D Fillmore
Publisher/Printer: R W Carroll & Co
First Line: O the shadows beautiful shadows
Topic: <no topic given>
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer: A Fillmore
Tune: Beautiful Shadows
Hymn Number: <no hymn number given>
Page Number: 024, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsO, the shadows - beautiful shadows!
Floating far o'er the hills away;
As o'er the sky the light clouds fly,
So over the mountains wander they.
O, the shadows - beautiful shadows!
Sleeping soft o'er the meadows green;
And fair the flowers in sun bright bowers,
But fairer the flowers those shades between.
O, the shadows - beautiful shadows!
Dancing light on the ocean's spray;
They change each wave from gay to grave,
Like frowning smiles of a child at play
O, the shadows - merciful shadows!
Like a balm for the bleeding heart,
When first it knows that fond hope grows
More strong and pure when joys depart.
O, the shadows - beautiful shadows!
And remember as you gaze abroad,
In heaven and earth, shades owe their birth
To light, and light is the shadow of God.