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Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 1 hymnal First Line: O, fragile glory of the bowers Lyrics: 1 O, fragile glory of the bowers,
Ye fall no more to rise;
But bright and glorious hope is ours,
A hope beyond the skies.
2 We trust, when fades this feeble form,
And low our bodies rest,
Beyond the reach of blight or storm,
To bloom among the blest.
3 He, who bestowed upon the tree
The leaves that gaily wave,
To man a noble destiny,
A part immortal gave.
4 Then he, with faith’s aspiring eye,
Firm fixed on things above,
Might gain at last a home on high,
Through his Redeemer’s love. Used With Tune: ABIDING GRACE Text Sources: The Aeolian Harp by Mary E. Herbert and Sarah Herbert (Halifax: E. G. Fuller, 1857)
The Faded Leaf