Methodist Hymn and Tune Book ‎#559

559. The morning flowers display their sweets

1 The morning flowers display their sweets,
And gay their silken leaves unfold,
As careless of the noontide heats,
As fearless of the evening cold.

2 Nipt by the wind's unkindly blast,
Parched by the sun's directer ray,
The momentary glories waste,
The short-lived beauties die away.

3 So blooms the human face divine,
When youth its pride of beauty shows;
Fairer than spring the colours shine,
And sweeter than the virgin rose.

4 Worn by the slowly rolling years,
Broken by sickness in a day,
The fading glory disappears,
The short-lived beauties die away.

5 Yet these, new rising from the tomb,
With lustre brighter far shall shine;
Revive with ever-during bloom,
Safe from diseases and decline.

6 Let sickness blast, and death devour,
If heaven must recompense our pains;
Perish the grass, and fade the flower,
If firm the word of God remains.

Text Information

• First Line: The morning flowers display their sweets
• Author: S. Wesley, Jr. 1691-1739
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1917
• Topic: Flowers: Fading; Brevity of Life; Children: Death, of; The Christian Life: Time, Death, Eternity; Death: Of a Child; Sickness, bodily; Life: Brevity of

Tune Information

• Name: COBDEN STREET
• Composer: Alfred E. Whitehead, 1887-
• Meter: L.M.
• Key: G Major or modal