Hymnal: Voices of Praise #227 (1883) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Lyrics: 1 By cool Siloam's shady rill
How fair the lily grows!
How sweet the breath, beneath the hill,
Of Sharon's dewy rose!
2 Lo! such a child, whose early feet
The paths of peace have trod,
Whose secret heart, with influence sweet,
Is upward drawn to God.
3 By cool Siloam's shady rill
The lily must decay;
The rose that blooms beneath the hill
Must shortly fade away.
4 And soon, too soon, the wintry hour
Of man's maturer age
Will shake the soul with sorrow's power,
And stormy passion's rage.
5 O Thou, whose infant feet were found
Within Thy Father's shrine,
Whose years, with changeless virtue crown'd,
Were all alike divine.
6 Dependent on Thy bounteous breath,
We seek Thy grace alone,
In childhood, manhood, age, and death,
To keep us still Thine own.
Amen. Languages: English Tune Title: SILOAM
By cool Siloam's shady rill