My life flows on in endless song

Above earth's lamentations,

I hear the real, though far-off hymn

That hails a new creation.

refrain

No storm can shake my inmost calm,

While to that rock I'm clinging.

It sounds an echo in my soul.

How can I keep from singing?

Through all the tumult and the strife

I hear the truth, it liveth.

And though the darkness 'round me close,

Songs in the night it giveth. refrain

When tyrants tremble in their fear

And hear their death knell ringing,

When friends rejoice both far and near

How can I keep from singing? refrain