A Light upon the Shore

lyricist: Henry Burton, 1877
Composer: James McGranahan

We’ve jour­neyed many a day

Upon an ocean wide

Amid the mist and spray

Of ma­ny a surg­ing tide;

But

lo! the land is near!

For just be­yond the foam

I see it bright and clear

The light of home

sweet home.

There’s a light up­on the shore

bro­ther

It flash­es from the strand;

The night is al­most o’er

bro­ther

The hav­en’s just at hand.

We’ve had our storms of doubt

Our rains of bit­ter tears

Our fight­ings fierce with­out

Within our anx­ious fears;

But

lo! the storms are past

They can­not reach us more;

We’ve sight­ed land at last

The bless­èd storm­less shore.

O land of calm­est rest

Where suns no more go down!

O hav­en of the blest

With bliss and glo­ry crowned!

No more the storm

the dark

The break­ers and the foam

No more the wail

for hark!

We hear the songs of home.

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