Concordia ‎#99

99. Once More the Liberal Year Laughs Out

1 Once more the lib'ral year laughs out
O'er richer stores than gems or gold;
Once more, with harvest-song and shout,
Is nature's bloodless triumph told.

2 O favors ev'ry year made new!
O blessings with the sunshine sent!
The bounty overruns our due,
The fullness shames our discontent.

3 We shut our eyes, the flow'rs bloom on;
We murmur, but the corn ears fill;
We choose the shadow, but the sun
That casts it, shines behind us still.

4 Now let these altars, wreath'd with flow'rs
And piled with fruits, awake again
Thanksgiving for the golden hours,
The early and the latter rain.

Text Information

• First Line: Once more the lib'ral year laughs out
• Title: Once More the Liberal Year Laughs Out
• Author: John G. Whittier (1859)
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1918
• Topic: Church Festivals: Thanksgiving

Tune Information

• Name: WALTHAM
• Composer: J. Baptiste Calkin (1872)
• Key: E♭ Major