Poems (Bass)/Would We Dwell on the Mountain Height?
WOULD WE DWELL ON THE MOUNTAIN HEIGHT?
Would we dwell on the mountain height
Whence the world is lovely and bright,
Then we must be eager to climb,
Ready and willing to press
For the noble, the true, the sublime,
To comfort, to bless.
Whence the world is lovely and bright,
Then we must be eager to climb,
Ready and willing to press
For the noble, the true, the sublime,
To comfort, to bless.
Would we stand like heroes of yore
When life's sternest conflicts are o'er,
Would we stand triumphant at last,
Or weep the chances we miss
As the tide of the battle sweeps past—
To conquer is bliss.
When life's sternest conflicts are o'er,
Would we stand triumphant at last,
Or weep the chances we miss
As the tide of the battle sweeps past—
To conquer is bliss.
Would we see the foemen retreat,
The foemen we dreaded to meet
Battalions of pain, of despair
Oh! it is never too late!
Let us strive for a heritage fair,
A royal estate.
The foemen we dreaded to meet
Battalions of pain, of despair
Oh! it is never too late!
Let us strive for a heritage fair,
A royal estate.