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Text:Beyond the Smiling and the Weeping
Author:Rev. H. Bonar, D. D.
Tune:[Beyond the smiling and the weeping] (Perkins)
Composer:T. E. Perkins

138. 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.

Refrain:
Love, rest and home!
Sweet home, sweet home!
Lord, tarry not, but come,
Lord, tarry not, but come.

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. [Refrain]

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. [Refrain]

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]

Text Information
First Line: Beyond the smiling and the weeping
Title: Beyond the Smiling and the Weeping
Author: Rev. H. Bonar, D. D.
Refrain First Line: Love, rest and home
Language: English
Publication Date: 1875
Notes: Public Domain.
Tune Information
Name: [Beyond the smiling and the weeping] (Perkins)
Composer: T. E. Perkins (1875)
Notes: Public Domain.



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