Come and sing a merry measure
With our voices all in time,
And our notes together blending
Like the bells in a sweet chime.
Lo, around us all is thrilling
With a deep melodious tone,
And each chord in earth and heaven
Hath a music of its own.
All the green leaves in the woodland
With a life of sound are stirred,
And far up in the blue ether
Sings the heaven-loving bird.
E'en the wild winds through the mountains
Make strange music as they go,
And the waters moving swiftly
Bear a cadence in their flow.
Thus our Mother Nature teacheth,
With her many voices strong,
For she moveth to a measure
And her every pulse is song.
Come and join in the full chorus
With a glad and grateful sound,
Let not man alone be silent
When all else is singing round.
I am busy working to bring Cecil Frances Alexander's "Come and Sing a Merry Measure" to life through some unique musical arrangements and will have a full analysis of the poem here for you later.
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