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[There are lonely hearts to cherish]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Arthur Wilton Tune Key: F Major Incipit: 32371 36532 15232 Used With Text: While the Days are Going By

While the Days are Going By

Author: George Cooper Appears in 163 hymnals First Line: There are lonely hearts to cherish Refrain First Line: Going by, going by Used With Tune: [There are lonely hearts to cherish]

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Author: George Cooper Hymnal: The Voice of Praise #13 (1904) First Line: There are lonely hearts to cherish Refrain First Line: Going by, going by Lyrics: 1 There are lonely hearts to cherish, While the days are going by; There are weary souls who perish, While the days are going by; If a smile we can renew, As the journey we pursue, O the good we all may do, While the days are going by. Chorus: Going by, going by, O the good we all may do, While the days are going by. 2 There's no time for idle scorning, While the days are going by; Let your face be like the morning, While the days are going by; O the world is full of sighs, Full of sad and weeping eyes; Help your fallen brother rise, While the days are going by. [Chorus] 3 All the loving links that bind us, While the days are going by, One by one we leave behind us, While the days are going by; But the seeds of good we sow, Both in shade and shine will grow, And will keep our hearts aglow, While the days are going by. [Chorus] Tune Title: [There are lonely hearts to cherish]

While the Days are Going By

Author: George Cooper Hymnal: The Gospel Message No. 2 #81 (1912) First Line: There are lonely hearts to cherish Refrain First Line: Going by, going by Languages: English Tune Title: [There are lonely hearts to cherish]

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George Cooper

1840 - 1927 Author of "While the Days are Going By" in The Voice of Praise George Cooper, poet, was born in the city of New York, May 14, 1840 son of John and Hepzibah Cooper, He was educated in the public schools of his native city, and afterwards studied law under the late Chester A. Arthur. After practicing for a short time, he renounced his profession to devote himself to the vocation to which his natural gifts inclined him. In his early years, he had developed a taste for writing, and before his sixteenth year had begun to contribute acceptable verses to several leading magazines. Encouraged by the success that met his early productions, he wrote constantly, and became a regular contributor to such periodicals as “The Independent,” “Harpers’ Young People,” and “Harper’s Magazine,” “Atlantic Monthly,” “Putman’s Monthly,” “Our Young Folks,” and “Appleton’s Journal.” Writing constantly for more than a decade, Mr. Cooper has frequently enriched the periodical literature of America by verses of much felicity, and has attracted a wide circle, among his poems are always welcomed with pleasure. His happiest verse has been written for children, and in it lies his chief claim to remembrance. A number of his children’s poems have been published in the collection known as “School and Home Melodies;” and he also issued a volume of hymns consisting exclusively of his own writing and entitled, “The Chaplet.” Among his best-known songs are: “Beautiful Isle of the Sea,” “Must We Then Meet as Strangers,” “Sweet Genevieve,” “While the days Are Going By,” and “God Bless the Little Church Around the Corner.” He has written song words for such composers as Wallace, Abt, Thomas, Millard, and Foster. Of His Other poems, “After,” and “Hereafter” are general favorites; the “Ballad of the Storming of Stony Point” was awarded a prize, and “Learning to Walk” was honored by a commendation from the late William Cullen Bryant. Mr. Cooper was married, in 1877, to Mary E., Daughter of William Tyson, and has since resided at Jersey Heights, where he still employs his leisure in writing. --http://www.mamalisa.com/blog/only-one-mother-–-a-poem