The Sun That Declines in the Far Western Sky

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Lyrics from A Collection of Sacred Hymns for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Europe, 1840

Hymn 237
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1. The sun that declines in the far western sky
Has rolled o'er our heads till the summer's gone by;
And hushed are the notes of the warblers of spring,
That in the green bower did exulting spring.

2. The changes for autumn already appear;
A harvest of plenty has crowned the glad year;
While soft smiling zephyrs, our fancies to please,
Bring odours of joy from the laden fruit trees.

3. As the summer of youth passes swiftly along,
And silvery locks soon our temples adorn,
So the fair smiling landscape and flowery lawn,
Though lost is their beauty, their glory has come.

4. O when the sweet summer of life shall have fled,
Her joys and her sorrows entombed with the dead,
Then may we, by faith, like good Enoch arise,
And be crowned with the just in the midst of the skies.

5. Descend with the Saviour in glory profound,
And reign in perfection when Satan is bound;
While love and sweet union together shall blend,
And peace, gentle peace, like a river extend.