REMEMBER.

Eccles. xii.

1.

Remember thy Creator now

When youth and years are bright,

Ere evil days draw nigh, when thou

Shalt find them no delight:

Now, when the moon and stars above

Are pleasant things to see;

Now, when thy days are soft as love,

And all is joy and glee.

2.

The voice of song and mirth must cease,

And Music’s daughters die;

The bird’s sweet voice be hushed to peace,

And earth’s best beauty fly;

And almond buds shall blossom white,

Where now thy locks are dark,

To dim thy young eye’s sapphire light,

Or hyacinthine spark.

3.

Or ever then the silver cord

Shall loose the golden bowl,

Remember thy Creator Lord

With overflowing soul:

For dust to dust must mingle then,

And Earth its earth shall claim,

And thy free spirit flit again

To God, from whom it came.