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Thread #93184 Message #4201542
Posted By: Jim Dixon
24-Apr-24 - 03:26 PM
Thread Name: Origins/Tune/Chords: Step by Step
Subject: Lyr Add: LOOK ABOUT (E. L. B.)
The world is on the move; Look about! There is much we may improve, Do not doubt! And for all who understand May be heard throughout the land A warning-bell at hand, Ringing out.
Shadows cast upon the globe, Over all, May enfold it with a robe, Like a pall; But as day must follow night, So the shade that veils the sight Shows what brilliancy of light Bids it fall.
Though gloomy hearts despond At the sky, There’s a sun to shine beyond, Bye-and-by. Ere the vessel that we urge Shall beneath the surface merge, A beacon on the verge Shall be nigh.
Dark shadows that abound, We may scorn. In the sunny rays around They are born; And as dawn succeeds to night, So the darkness on the sight Does but show the coming light Of the morn!
Step by step the longest march Can be done. Single stones will form an arch, One by one; And with union what we will Can be all accomplished still— Drops of water turn a mill— Singly, none!
Brag and bluster float as froth O’er the wave; Gory treason, worse than both, Fools may rave; But the honest hands that link With the solemn heads that think, And for pikes use—pen and ink. Are the brave!
Let us onward then for Right, Nothing more; And let Justice be the might We adore. Build no hopes upon the sand, For a people hand-in-hand Can make this a better land Than before.