Earthshine

Heard you the sound, the sound of muffled drum
And all the trumpets mournful blast?
They tell the time, the combatant's time has come
To all his dreams of glory past

Sealed till the last, the last deep trumpet shake
The earth with all its awful sound
Then shall the dead, the dead arousing, wake
While even nature sinks around

Sealed till the last, the last deep trumpet shake
The earth with all its awful sound
Then shall the dead, the dead arousing, wake
While even nature sinks around

Heard you the sound, the sound of muffled drum
And all the trumpets mournful blast?
They tell the time, the combatant's time has come
To all his dreams of glory past

The mother weeps, she weeps her beloved son
Who was her hope, her joy, her pride
He was the one, the widows only one
For him she surely would have died

Sealed till the last, the last deep trumpet shake
The earth with all its awful sound
Then shall the dead, the dead arousing, wake
While even nature sinks around

Sealed till the last, the last deep trumpet shake
The earth with all its awful sound
Then shall the dead, the dead arousing, wake
While even nature sinks around

Her pilgrimage is nearly past
Her every earthly woe
Like the ancient tree that falls at last
When wintry tempests blow

What marvel that she wildly cries
For the grave its prey to yield
Oh, what avail are tears or sighs?
His earthly doom is sealed

Don't grieve for me
I'm not there
I am the gentle autumn rain
Hold up my lamp to light your way
Farewell to thee

Don't grieve for me
I'm not there
I am the gentle autumn rain
Hold up my lamp to light your way
Farewell to thee

Don't grieve for me
I'm not there
I am the gentle autumn rain
Hold up my lamp to light your way
Farewell to thee

Don't grieve for me
I'm not there
I am the gentle autumn rain
Hold up my lamp to light your way
Farewell to thee