Beyond the smiling and the weeping, I shall be soon ! I shall be soon ! Beyond the waking and the sleeping, Beyond the sowing and the reaping, I shall be soon ! I shall be soon !
Love, rest, and home ! Sweet, sweet home ! Lord, tarry not ! Lord, tarry not, but come !
2. Beyond the blooming and the fading, I shall be soon ! I shall be soon ! Beyond the shining and the shading, Beyond the hoping and the dreading, I shall be soon ! I shall be soon !
3. Beyond the parting and the meeting, I shall be soon ! I shall be soon ! Beyond the farewell and the greeting, Beyond the pulse's fever-beating, I shall be soon ! I shall be soon !
4. Beyond the frost-chain and the fever, I shall be soon ! I shall be soon ! Beyond the rock-waste and the river, Beyond the " ever " and the " never," I shall be soon ! I shall be soon !