The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book ‎#962

962. See the leaves around us falling

1 See the leaves around us falling,
Dry and withered to the ground;
Thus to thoughtless mortals calling,
In a sad and solemn sound;

2 "Youth on length of days presuming,
Who the paths of pleasure tread,
View us, late in beauty blooming,
Numbered now among the dead.

3 "Yearly in our course appearing,
Messengers of shortest stay,
Thus we preach in mortal hearing,
Ye, like us, shall pass away."

Text Information

• First Line: See the leaves around us falling
• Author: Horne
• Publication Date: 1886
• Topic: Death and Resurrection
• Notes: Public Domain.

Tune Information

• Name: SLEEP
• Composer: Geo. E. Lee
• Meter: 8s & 7s
• Key: D♭ Major
• Notes: Public Domain.