7444. Where Hast Thou Gleaned Today?

1. Weary gleaner, whence comest thou,
With empty hands and clouded brow?
Plodding along thy lonely way,
Tell me, where hast thou gleaned today?
Late I found a barren field,
The harvest past, my search revealed.
Others golden sheaves had gained,
Only stubble for me remained.

Refrain
Forth to the harvest field away!
Gather your handfuls while you may;
All day long in the field abide,
Gleaning close by the reapers’ side.

2. Careless gleaner, what hast thou here;
These faded flow’rs and leaflets sere?
Hungry and thirsty, tell me, pray,
Where, oh, where hast thou gleaned today?
All day long in shady bow’rs,
I’ve gaily sought earth’s fairest flow’rs;
Now, alas! too late I see
All I’ve gathered is vanity. [Refrain]

3. Burdened gleaner, thy sheaves I see;
Indeed thou must aweary be!
Singing along the homeward way,
Glad one, where hast thou gleaned today?
Stay me not, till day is done
I’ve gathered handfuls one by one;
Here and there for me they fall,
Close by the reap’rs I’ve found them all. [Refrain]

Text Information
First Line: Weary gleaner, whence comest thou
Title: Where Hast Thou Gleaned Today?
Author: Philip P. Bliss (1875)
Refrain First Line: Forth to the harvest field away!
Language: English
Source: Gospel Hymns and Sacred Songs, by P. P. Bliss & Ira D. Sankey (New York: Biglow & Main, 1875), number 33
Copyright: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: [Weary gleaner, whence comest thou]
Composer: Philip Paul Bliss (1875)
Incipit: 11176 65555 44443
Key: C Major
Source: Gospel Hymns and Sacred Songs, by P. P. Bliss & Ira D. Sankey (New York: Biglow & Main, 1875), number 33
Copyright: Public Domain



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