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Text:Look High, O Soul
Author:Henry Burton
Tune:WOODLANDS
Composer:Walter Greatorex
Media:MIDI file

17014. Look High, O Soul

1. Look high, O soul! for what is earth but dust?
The fleet­ing sha­dow of the bet­ter things?
The heav’ns are thine if thou wilt use thy wings,
And sighs are songs, if thou wilt on­ly trust.

2. Aim high, O soul! for on the high­er forms
Is al­ways room, while low­er ranks are filled;
Who climbs the heights finds all earth’s nois­es stilled,
And sweet the calm and light ab­ove the storms.

3. Be high, O soul! scorn what is low and base;
"Child of a king" they call thee; be a king,
And troops of vas­sals will their trib­ute bring,
To crown thee, heir of glo­ry, child of grace.

Text Information
First Line: Look high, O soul! for what is earth but dust?
Title: Look High, O Soul
Author: Henry Burton (1924)
Meter: 10.10.10.10
Language: English
Source: Appeared in The Abingdon Hymnal, edited by Earl Enyeart Harper (New York: Abingdon Press, 1928), number 102, alt.
Tune Information
Name: WOODLANDS
Composer: Walter Greatorex (1916)
Meter: 10.10.10.10
Key: D Major



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