The Riverside song book/My Own shall come to me
MY OWN SHALL COME TO ME.
John Burroughs. E. W. Foster.
Moderato sostenuto.
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Se -
rene I fold my hands and wait, Nor care for wind, or tide, or sea. I
rave no more 'gainst time or fate. For lo! my own shall come to me. I
cres. poco rail.
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stay my haste, I make de - lays, For what a - vails this ea-ger pace? I
stars come nightly to the sky; The ti - dal wave un - to the sea; Nor
stand, a - mid th'e - ter - nal ways. And what is mine shall know my face, I
time, nor space, nor deep, nor high, Can keep my own a - way from me, Nor
Stand a - mid th'e - ter-nal ways, And what is mine shall know my face.
time, nor space, nor deep, nor high, Can keep my own a - way from me.
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A-sleep, a - wake, by night or day The friends I seek are seek-ing
me; No wind can drive my bark a - way, Nor change the tide of des - ti -
ny. What mat-ter if I stand a-lone? I wait with joy the com-ing
years; My heart shall reap where it has sown, And gath-er up its fruits of
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tears; My heart shall reap where it has sown, And gath-er up its fruits of tears.
The wa - ters know their own and
draw The brook that
springs from yon - der height; So flows the good with e - qual
law Un - to the soul, the soul of pure de - light. The