Beyond the smiling and the weeping

September 20

Beyond the smiling and the weeping,
I shall be soon, I shall be soon;
Beyond the waking and the sleeping,
Beyond the sowing and the reaping,
I shall be soon, I shall be soon.

Beyond the blooming and the fading,
I shall be soon, I shall be soon;
Beyond the shining and the shading,
Beyond the hoping and the dreading,
I shall be soon, I shall be soon.

Beyond the parting and the meeting,
I shall be soon, I shall be soon;
Beyond the farewell and the greeting,
Beyond the pulse’s fever beating,
I shall be soon, I shall be soon.

Beyond the frost chain and the fever,
I shall be soon, I shall be soon;
Beyond the rock waste and the river,
Beyond the ever and the never,
I shall be soon, I shall be soon.

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