The Evergreen ‎#42

42. A Wheat-Head Or Tare

Steadily the angel reapers
Thrust their sickles here and there,
Bringing down the ripened harvest,
There a wheat-head, here a tare.
Steadily these shining workmen
Reap and separate in turn,
Some to fill the Master's garner,
Some to gather up and burn.

Chorus:
When the reapers come to me,
Shall I glory or despair?
Shall the find a ripened wheat-head,
Or a ripe but worthless tare?

2 Steadily is life's last harvest,
By these angel hands, brought in,
Some to eat the fruit of goodness,
Some the bitter fruit of sin;
By the hands of these swift reapers
All our loved ones gathered thus,
By and by these reaping angels
Will have come to gather us. [Chorus]

Text Information

• First Line: Steadily the angel reapers
• Title: A Wheat-Head Or Tare
• Author: A. T. Allis
• Refrain First Line: When the reapers come to me
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1873
• Notes: Public Domain.

Tune Information

• Name: [Steadily the angel reapers]
• Composer: T. Martin Towne
• Incipit: 54345 65154 34562
• Key: D Major
• Notes: Public Domain.