University of Virginia Library

Search this document 
[Poems by Cary in] The psalms of life

acompilation of psalms, hymns, chants, anthems, &c. embodying the spiritual, progressive and reformatory sentiment of the present age
Cary, Phoebe (1824-1871)

collapse section
[section]
 
A Child's Path.—
 
Hymn of the Hopeful.—

collapse section Collapse All | Expand All expand section
previous section [Poems by Cary in] The psalms of life
no next section
146

Hymn of the Hopeful.—

[_]

The following poem is scored for music in the source text.

PHOEBE CAREY.

1

Bringing pleasant hopes and visions,
Comes to us another year;
And our hearts with happy promise,
Are too full for any fear.

2

We will strive with each day's closing,
With each morning's glad return,
Better still to learn our duty,
And to practice what we learn.

3

We will view mankind as brothers,
Fellow pilgrims on the road
To the great eternal city,
And our common father, God.

4

We will shrink not from the sinful,
Fearing that their touch may taint;
We will bear each other's burdens,
If at noontide any faint.

5

And we will, by each example,
By the past which we recall,
And by all we would accomplish,
Live hereafter each for all.

6

So we may, when he shall call us
To the Father, good and just,
Answer: ‘As our brother's keeper,
We are faithful to our trust.’
previous section [Poems by Cary in] The psalms of life
no next section