1 No farewell shall be uttered
upon that Golden Shore,
Where friends a while asundered,
shall me to part no more;
Before the blessed Dayspring,
the shadows take their flight:
We'll say a glad good-morning,
but nevermore good-night.
Refrain:
Nevermore good-night,
Nevermore good-night;
O pure and radiant morning!
‘Twill burst upon our sight;
Nevermore good-night,
Nevermore good-night;
We'll say a glad good-morning,
But, nevermore good-night.
2 Tho' earthly ties are broken,
they'll be united there:
The flow'rs of God's transplanting
shall bloom in beauty rare;
Where his eternal gardens
are shining fair and bright,
We'll say a glad good-morning,
but nevermore good-night. [Refrain]
3 O morning full of glory,
whose sun shall ne'er go down!
We'll lay aside our crosses,
and take the starry crown;
In that celestial country
the Lamb shall be the light:
We'll say a glad good-morning,
but nevermore good-night. [Refrain]
Source: Songs of the Century #167
Pseudonym: Lidie H. Edmunds.
Eliza Edmunds Hewitt was born in Philadelphia 28 June 1851. She was educated in the public schools and after graduation from high school became a teacher. However, she developed a spinal malady which cut short her career and made her a shut-in for many years. During her convalescence, she studied English literature. She felt a need to be useful to her church and began writing poems for the primary department. she went on to teach Sunday school, take an active part in the Philadelphia Elementary Union and become Superintendent of the primary department of Calvin Presbyterian Church.
Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (… Go to person page >
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