’Tis Beautiful

’Tis beau­ti­ful to live on earth

To work

to watch and pray

To feel the ties of love and hope

Grow strong­er day by day;

’Tis beau­ti­ful to look with­in

And watch the waves of thought

That come and go in cease­less tides

By truth and fan­cy taught.

’Tis beau­ti­ful to love and trust

The friends that round us live;

To look with pi­ty on the weak

And all their faults for­give

’Tis beau­ti­ful to trust in God

To feel our souls grow strong

And know that ev­ery day we strive

To tri­umph ov­er wrong.

’Tis beau­ti­ful to die

when life

With all its du­ties done

Drifts on

as does a sum­mer cloud

To greet the set­ting sun;

It will be beau­ti­ful to pass

On to the Bet­ter Shore

And in the ma­ny man­sions meet

The loved ones gone be­fore.