Bring, O morn, thy music!
Night, thy starlit silence!
Oceans, laugh in rapture to the storm-winds coursing free!
Suns and planets chorus,
praise to all found holy. ­
Life was, and is, and evermore shall be.

Life, around, within us­
witnesses our purpose,­
rises full and holy in beast and bird and tree.
Watch all nature’s beauty
rise in adoration.­
Life was, and is, and evermore shall be.

Life nor death can part us
from this Love eternal,
shared amidst the beauty of our living, full and free!
Homeward draws each spirit
to one spirit yearning ­
Love was, and is, and evermore shall be.

Words: William Channing Gannett (1840-1923) public domain

Tune: Nicaea (“Holy, Holy, Holy”)