As The Life Of A Flower
- Words:
- Laura E. Newell
- Music:
- G. H. Ramsey
Sheet music
- 1As the life of a flow’r,As a breath or a sigh,So the years that we liveAs a dream hasten by;True, today we are here,But tomorrow may seeJust a grave in the vale,And a mem’ry of me.As the life (As the life) of a flow’r, (of a flow’r,)As a breath, (As a breath,) or a sigh, (or a sigh,)So the years (So the years) glide away, (glide away,)And alas, (And alas,) we must die. (we must die.)
- 2As the life of a flow’r,Be our lives pure and sweet;May we brighten the wayFor the friends that we greet;And sweet incense arise,From our hearts as we liveClose to Him who doth teachUs to love and forgive.As the life (As the life) of a flow’r, (of a flow’r,)As a breath, (As a breath,) or a sigh, (or a sigh,)So the years (So the years) glide away, (glide away,)And alas, (And alas,) we must die. (we must die.)
- 3While we tarry belowLet us trust and adoreHim who leads us each dayTow’rd the radiant shoreWhere the sun never sets,And the flow’rs never fade,Where no sorrow or deathMay its borders invade.As the life (As the life) of a flow’r, (of a flow’r,)As a breath, (As a breath,) or a sigh, (or a sigh,)So the years (So the years) glide away, (glide away,)And alas, (And alas,) we must die. (we must die.)
In the hymnals
- Written in 1904, the words are in 39 hymnals indexed by Hymnary.org. Their history →
Words, music and setting are in the public domain. The sheet music and words are from PDHymns.com. The piano is the FluidR3 General MIDI sound font (MIT licence). How many hymnals print a hymn, and when it was written, is from Hymnary.org.