Text: | The Better Land |
Author: | Gurdon Robins |
Tune: | [There is a land mine eye hath seen] |
Composer: | Daniel B. Towner |
1 There is a land mine eye hath seen
In visions of enraptured thought,
So bright, that all which spreads between
Is with its radiant glories fraught.
Refrain:
Oh, land of love, of joy and light,
Thy glories gild earth’s darkest night;
Thy tranquil shore, we, too, shall see,
When day shall break and shadows flee.
2 A land upon whose blissful shore
There rests no shadow, falls no stain;
There those who meet shall part no more,
And those long parted meet again. [Refrain]
3 Its skies are not like earthly skies,
With varying hues of shade and light;
It hath no need of suns, to raise
To dissipate the gloom of night. [Refrain]
4 There sweeps not desolating wind
Across the calm, serene abode.
The wand’rer there a home may find
Within the paradise of God. [Refrain]
Text Information | |
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First Line: | There is a land mine eye hath seen |
Title: | The Better Land |
Author: | Gurdon Robins |
Refrain First Line: | Oh, land of love, of joy and light |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1909 |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | [There is a land mine eye hath seen] |
Composer: | Daniel B. Towner |