Don't let the song go out of your life
Although it sometimes will flow
In a minor strain ; it will blend again
With the major tone you know.
Although shadows rise to obscure life's skies,
And hide for a time the sun,
The sooner they'll lift and reveal the rift,
If you let the melody run.
Don't let the song go out of your life ;
Although the voice may have lost its trill ,
Though the quivering note may die in your throat,
Let it sing in your spirit still.
Don't let the song go out of your life ;
Let it ring in your soul here ;
And when you go hence,it will follow you thence,
And live on in another sphere.
- ' Streams in the Desert'
