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Text:The Lilies of the field
Tune:[The lilies of the field]

33. The Lilies of the field

1 The lilies of the field,
That quickly fade away.
May well to us a lesson yield,
For we are frail as they.

2 Just like an early rose,
I've seen an infant bloom:
But death, perhaps, before it blows,
Will lay it in the tomb.

3 Then let us think on death,
Though we are young and gay;
For God, who gave our life and breath,
Can take them both away.

3 To God, who made them all,
Let children humbly cry;
And then, whenever death may call,
They'll be prepared to die.

Text Information
First Line: The lilies of the field
Title: The Lilies of the field
Language: English
Publication Date: 1840
Notes: Public Domain.
Tune Information
Name: [The lilies of the field]
Key: F Major or modal
Notes: Public Domain.



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