Scripture Verse

I have learned how to be content in any circumstance. Philippians 4:11

Introduction

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Walter S. Landor (1775–1864)

Words: Wal­ter S. Lan­dor (1775–1864), alt.

Music: Ev­an Will­iam H. Hav­er­gal, 1847. Ar­ranged by Lo­well Ma­son, New Car­mi­na Sac­ra (Bos­ton, Mas­sa­chu­setts: 1850) (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know when these words were writ­ten,

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Lowell Mason (1792–1872)

Lyrics

Why, why re­pine, my pen­sive friend,
At plea­sures slipped away?
Some will the stern fates ne­ver lend,
And all re­fuse to stay.

I see the rain­bow in the sky,
The dew up­on the grass,
I see them, and I ask not why
They glim­mer or they pass.

With fold­ed arms I lin­ger not
To call them back; ’twere vain;
In this, or in some oth­er spot,
I know they’ll shine again.