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Breaths

Author: Birago Diop, 1906-1989 Appears in 1 hymnal Topics: Transcending Mystery and Wonder First Line: Those who have died have never left Refrain First Line: Listen more often to things than to beings Lyrics: Refrain: Listen more often to things than to beings, listen more often to things than to beings, tis’ the Ancestors’ breath when the fire’s voice is heard, tis’ the ancestor’s breath in the voice of the waters. Zah Whsshhh Aahh Whsshh 1 Those who have died have never, never left The dead are not under the earth They are in the rustling trees They are in the groaning woods They are in the crying grass, They are in the moaning rocks The dead are not under the earth [Refrain] 2 Those who have did have never, never left. The dead have a pact with the living. They are in the woman’s breast, They are in the wailing child They are with us in our homes. They are with us in this crowd The dead have a pact with the living. [Refrain] Used With Tune: [Those who have died have never left] Text Sources: Adapted from a poem by Birago Diop

Comfort Me

Author: Mimi Bornstein-Doble, 1964- Appears in 1 hymnal Topics: Transcending Mystery and Wonder First Line: Comfort me, comfort me Used With Tune: [Comfort me, comfort me]

Where Do We come From?

Author: Paul Gaugin, 1848-1903; Brian Tate Appears in 1 hymnal Topics: Transcending Mystery and Wonder Used With Tune: [Where do we come from]

Busca el Amor

Author: Salvador Cardenal Barquero, 1960-; Ted Warmbrand, 1943-; Jacqueline Schwartz Turchick, 1942- Appears in 1 hymnal Topics: Transcending Mystery and Wonder First Line: Revisa tu corazón (Examine that heart of yours) Refrain First Line: Busca el amor en ti (Seek out the love in you) Used With Tune: [Revisa tu corazón]

In My Quiet Sorrow

Author: Jeannie Gagné, 1960- Appears in 1 hymnal Topics: Transcending Mystery and Wonder First Line: I am worn, I am tired Used With Tune: [I am worn, I am tired]

The Harp at Nature's Advent

Author: John Greenleaf Whittier, 1807-1892 Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 48 hymnals Topics: Transcending Mystery and Wonder The World of Nature First Line: The harp at Nature's advent strung Lyrics: 1 The harp at Nature’s advent strung has never ceased to play; the song the stars of morning sung has never died away. 2 The prayer is made, and praise is given, by all things near and far; the ocean looketh up to heaven and mirrors every star. 3 The green earth sends sweet incense up from many mountain shrines; from folded leaf and dewy cup now pours the sacred wine. 4 The blue sky is the temple’s arch, its transept, earth and air; the music of its starry march, the chorus of a prayer. 5 So nature keeps the reverent frame with which all years begin; and nature’s signs and voices shame the prayerless heart within. Used With Tune: WALDEN

Stillness Reigns

Author: Guttormur J. Guttormsson Meter: 8.8.8.7 Appears in 1 hymnal Topics: Transcending Mystery and Wonder Evening First Line: Stillness reigns, the winds are sleeping Lyrics: 1 Stillness reigns, the winds are sleeping. All the world is bent on keeping tryst with night, whose wings are sweeping from the west each ray of light. 2 Dusk, a soft and silken cover, over all is seen to hover in its readiness to cover all the drowsy world, good night. 3 Those who labored long, untiring, hail this time of rest desiring, strength renewed through sweet retiring, welcome thoughts of peaceful night. 4 And through spaces real or seeming find the Eden of their dreaming, soar to starry ways, redeeming hours of toil and pain, good night. Used With Tune: QUEM PASTORES

What Is This Life

Author: William Henry Davies, 1869-1941 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 2 hymnals Topics: Transcending Mystery and Wonder Meditation and Mystical Songs First Line: What is this life if, full of care Lyrics: 1 What is this life if, full of care, we have no time to stand and stare – no time to stand beneath the boughs and stare as long as sheep or cows; 2 No time to see, when woods we pass, where squirrels hide their nuts in grass – no time to see, in broad daylight, streams full of stars, like skies at night; 3 No time to turn at Beauty's glance, and watch her feet, how they can dance. A poor life this if, full of care, We have no time to stand and stare. Used With Tune: DEVOTION

In Every Age

Author: Janèt Sullivan Whitaker, b. 1958 Appears in 6 hymnals Topics: Transcendence First Line: Long before the mountains came to be Refrain First Line: In ev'ry age, O God Scripture: Psalm 90:1-4 Used With Tune: [Long before the mountains came to be]

In Sweet Fields of Autumn

Author: Elizabeth Madison, b. 1883 Meter: 12.12.12.12 Appears in 2 hymnals Topics: Transcending Mystery and Wonder Autumn First Line: In sweet fields of autumn the gold grain is falling Lyrics: 1 In sweet fields of autumn the gold grain is falling, the white clouds drift lonely, the wild swan is calling. Alas for the daisies, the tall fern and grasses, when wind-sweep and rainfall fill lowlands and passes. 2 The snows of December shall fill windy hollow; the bleak rain trails after, the March wind shall follow. The deer through the valleys leave print of their going; and diamonds of sleet mark the ridges of snowing. 3 The stillness of death shall stoop over the water, the plover sweep low where the pale streamlets falter; but deep in the earth clod the black seed is living; when spring sounds her bugles for rousing and giving. Used With Tune: CRADLE SONG