Oh, teach me the lesson of kindness,
The gospel of love divine;
That no brother or sister suffer
Through word or deed of mine.
The gospel of love divine;
That no brother or sister suffer
Through word or deed of mine.
There are foes within we may conquer,
Our belligerent powers to employ.
Then why do we pierce one another,
The blessing of night to destroy?
Our belligerent powers to employ.
Then why do we pierce one another,
The blessing of night to destroy?
Ah, many hearts sigh for an answer
As they start in the pause of the strife,
At the cries from the wounded in spirit,
In this terrrible battle of life.
As they start in the pause of the strife,
At the cries from the wounded in spirit,
In this terrrible battle of life.
The Serpent
Dark and limy, through the ages
Runs a glittering serpent's trail;
Drenched with blood and tears of anguish,
Ringing with the mournful wail
Of lost souls, forever crying,
"Woe—woe—woe."
Runs a glittering serpent's trail;
Drenched with blood and tears of anguish,
Ringing with the mournful wail
Of lost souls, forever crying,
"Woe—woe—woe."
Woe, alas! to every creature
Blighted with his poisonous breath;
Eyes like flame from deep perdition,
Spreading jaws,—the jaws of death.
At our very doors he's lying,
Woe—woe—woe.
Blighted with his poisonous breath;
Eyes like flame from deep perdition,
Spreading jaws,—the jaws of death.
At our very doors he's lying,
Woe—woe—woe.
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