Poems (Hoffman)/A Song of Joy
A SONG OF JOY
My heart is full of thankfulness,
My soul o'erflows with song,
My mind has caught some unknown notes
That to the birds belong;
I find no language for my tune,
No utterance to my praise,
Only a sweet forgetfulness,
A breath of sunny days.
I'll fling my song away from earth,
It can no language wear,
My praise shall seek the angel choir
And find an echo there.
My soul o'erflows with song,
My mind has caught some unknown notes
That to the birds belong;
I find no language for my tune,
No utterance to my praise,
Only a sweet forgetfulness,
A breath of sunny days.
I'll fling my song away from earth,
It can no language wear,
My praise shall seek the angel choir
And find an echo there.