Beyond This Land Of Parting
- Words:
- Mrs. M. B.C. Slade
- Music:
- Dr. A. B. Everett
Sheet music
- 1Beyond this land of parting, losing and leaving,Far beyond the losses darkening this,And far beyond the taking and the bereavingLies the summer-land of bliss.Land beyond, (Land beyond,) so fair and bright!Land beyond, (Land beyond,) where is no night!Summer-land, (Summer-land,) God is its Light,O happy summer-land of bliss.
- 2Beyond this land of toiling, sowing and reaping,Far beyond the shadows darkening this,And far beyond the sighing, moaning and weeping,Lies the summer-land of bliss.Land beyond, (Land beyond,) so fair and bright!Land beyond, (Land beyond,) where is no night!Summer-land, (Summer-land,) God is its Light,O happy summer-land of bliss.
- 3Beyond this land of waiting, seeking and sighing,Far beyond the sorrows darkening this,And far beyond the pain and sickness and dyingLies the summer-land of bliss.Land beyond, (Land beyond,) so fair and bright!Land beyond, (Land beyond,) where is no night!Summer-land, (Summer-land,) God is its Light,O happy summer-land of bliss.
In the hymnals
- The words are in 60 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.