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Thread #40966   Message #2195687
Posted By: Jim Dixon
16-Nov-07 - 09:03 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: The Homeland
Subject: Lyr Add: THE HOMELAND
Copied from Holly and Ivy by Sarah Davies, 1871.

THE HOMELAND.

The Homeland! The Homeland!
The land of the free-born—
There's no night in the Homeland,
But aye the fadeless mom.
I'm sighing for the Homeland,—
My heart is aching here;
There's no night in the Homeland
To which I'm drawing near.

My Lord is in the Homeland,
With angels bright and fair;
There's no sin in the Homeland,
And no temptation there.
The music of the Homeland
Is ringing in my ears;
And when I think of the Homeland,
My eyes gush out with tears.

For those I love in the Homeland
Are calling me away,
To the rest and peace of the Homeland,
And the life beyond decay.
There's no death in the Homeland—
There's no sorrow above!
Christ bring us all to the Homeland
Of His eternal love!