Text: | What Shall the Harvest Be? |
Author: | Anon. |
Tune: | [Sowing the seed by the daylight fair] |
Composer: | P. P. Bliss |
1 Sowing the seed by the daylight fair,
Sowing the seed by the noonday glare,
Sowing the seed by the fading light,
Sowing the seed in the solemn night;
O! what shall the harvest be?
O! what shall the harvest be?
Refrain:
Sown in the darkness or sown in the light,
Sown in our weakness or sown in our might,
Gathered in time or eternity,
Sure, ah, sure will the harvest be.
2 Sowing the seed by the wayside high,
Sowing the seed on the rocks to die,
Sowing the seed where the thorns will spoil,
Sowing the seed in the fertile soil;
O! what shall the harvest be?
O! what shall the harvest be? [Refrain]
3 Sowing the seed of a lingering pain,
Sowing the seed of a maddened brain,
Sowing the seed of a tarnished name,
Sowing the seed of eternal shame;
O! what shall the harvest be?
O! what shall the harvest be? [Refrain]
4 Sowing the seed with an aching heart,
Sowing the seed while the tear-drops start,
Sowing in hope till the reapers come,
Gladly to gather the harvest home;
O! what shall the harvest be?
O! what shall the harvest be? [Refrain]
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Sowing the seed by the daylight fair |
Title: | What Shall the Harvest Be? |
Author: | Anon. |
Refrain First Line: | Sown in the darkness or sown in the light |
Publication Date: | 1883 |
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Tune Information | |
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Name: | [Sowing the seed by the daylight fair] |
Composer: | P. P. Bliss |