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Woodbury, I. B. (Issac Baker), 1819-1858 (ed.) / The new lute of Zion: a collection of sacred music, designed for the use of congregations generally, but more especially the Methodist Episcopal Church
(c1856)
The music teacher, pp. [III]-XXXVIII
Page XXXVIII
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Quartett. g*. j. CARPE~NT . ro°m Po°,,e,.
i ly: wat-ng till the sha -dows Are a lit - tie long -er grown,
On - ly wait-ing till the glim-mer Of the day's last beam is
I :On - ly wait-ig till the reap-ers Have the last sheaf ga - thered
home, For the sum-mer time is fad - ed, And the au - tmn winds have
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8. On - ly wait-lag till the an -gels 0 e pen wide the rnys -tic gate, At
whose feet I lo~lng have in -gered, Wear-y, poor, and de-.so -
4. On- ly wait-ing till the sha-dows Aea lit - tie long-er
grown, On -ly wait-lag tilthe glim-mer Of t a's lat beam
is
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flown. Till the night of earth is fad-ed From the heart once full
of day, Till the stars of heaven are breaing Thro' the twilight, soft
and gray.
come. Quick-ly, reapers, quck-ly ga-ther The last ripe hours of my heart;
For the bloom of life is withered, And I hast - en to de - pert
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-- late. E - yen now I hear their footsteps, And their voices far
a - way; If they call me, I am waiting, OrIy wait - lag to o
- bey.
flown. Then from out the gath'-ring dark-ness, Ho - ly deathless stars a
- rise, By whose light my soul shall gladly Tred its pah-a to tesis
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