Singing the Living Tradition ‎#77

77. Seek Not Afar for Beauty

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1 Seek not afar for beauty; lo, it glows
in dew-wet grasses all bout your feet,
in birds, in sunshine, childish faces sweet,
in stars and mountain summits topped with snows.

2 Go not abroad for happiness; behold
it is a flower blooming at your door.
Bring love and justice home, and evermore
joy shall be yours as changing years unfold.

3 In wonder-workings or some bush aflame,
we look for Truth and fancy it concealed;
but in earth's common things it stands revealed,
while grass and flowers and stars spell out the name.

Text Information

• First Line: Seek not afar for beauty; lo, it glows
• Title: Seek Not Afar for Beauty
• Author: Minot Judson Savage, 1841-1918
• Meter: 10.10.10.10.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1993
• Topic: Transcending Mystery and Wonder: The World of Nature; Beauty; Free and Responsible Search for Truth and Meaning; The Living Tradition

Tune Information

• Name: COOLINGE
• Composer: Cyril V. Taylor, b. 1907
• Meter: 10.10.10.10.
• Key: F Major or modal
• Copyright: © Hope Publishing Co.