Hymnal: The Christian Psalmist
Date: 1850
Compiler: Silas W Leonard and A D Fillmore
Publisher/Printer: S W Leonard
First Line: Faintly flow thou falling river
Topic: <no topic given>
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: 8s and 7s
Tune: Repose
Hymn Number: <no hymn number given>
Page Number: 296, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsFaintly flow thou fall-ing riv-er,
Like a dream that dies a-way;
Down to ocean glid-ing ev-er,
Keep thy calm un-ruffled way:
To e-ter-ni-ty's dark ocean,
Burying all its treasure there.
Time with such a si-lent motion,
Floats along on wings of air.
Roses bloom, and then they wither;
Cheeks are bright, then fade and die;
Shapes of light are wafted hither,
Then like visions hurry by:
Quick as clouds at evening driven
O'er the many colored west,
Years are bearing us to heaven,
Home of happiness and rest.