The greatest secular hymn I know, and it's a rousing one, is "Only Remembered." But not the wimpy version in the database, but the version I learned it from the marvelous Canadian trio Finest Kind (Ian Robb, Shelly Posen and Ann Downey), on their cd "Lost in a Song", 1966, available from Fallen Angle Music (sic [they're serious scientific secularists, I suspect!]), 285 Spencer Street, Ottawa, ON K1Y 2R1. They got it from the English trio Coope, Boyes and Simpson, who say the the irresistible, uplifting waltz tune, as well as first two verse lyrics are trad.(2nd verse identical to last one in the mudcat db; 3rd verse written by John Tams, Voice Publishing)

Here are the lyrics oops, I guess it's agnostic, given the last line in the the last verse): CAN ANYONE PLEASE ENLIGHTEN ME ON THE REFERENT OF "LINE" in the phrase, "Will the line hold; will it scatter and run?"

ONLY REMEMBERED

Fading away like the stars in the morning,
Losing their light in the glorious sun,
Thus will we fade from this earth and its toiling,
Only remembered for what we have done.

Only remembered, only remembered,
Only remembered for what we have done,
Thus will we fade from this earth and its toiling,
Only remembered for what we have done.

Only the truth that in life we have spoken,
Only the seeds that on Earth we have sown,
These will pass onward when we are forgotten,
Only remembered for what we have done.

Only remembered, only remembered,
Only remembered for what we have done,
These will pass onward when we are forgotten,
Only remembered for what we have done.

Who'll sing the anthem and who'll tell the story?
Will the line hold; will it scatter and run?
Shall we at last be united in glory?,
Only remembered for what we have done.

GH ^^

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-Joe Offer-