Beyond the smiling and the weeping,

I shall be soon;

Beyond the waking and the sleeping,

Beyond the sowing and the reaping,

I shall be soon.

Love, rest, and home!

Sweet home!

Lord, tarry not, but come.

2 Beyond the blooming and the fading,

I shall be soon;

Beyond the shining and the shading,

Beyond the hoping and the dreading

I shall be soon.

Love, rest, and home!

Sweet home!

Lord, tarry not, but come.

3 Beyond the rising and the setting,

I shall be soon;

Beyond the calming and the fretting,

Beyond remembering and forgetting,

I shall be soon.

Love, rest, and home!

Sweet home!

Lord, tarry not, but come.

4 Beyond the parting and the meeting,

I shall be soon;

Beyond the farewell and the greeting,

Beyond the pulse’s fever beating,

I shall be soon.

Love, rest, and home!

Sweet home!

Lord, tarry not, but come.

5 Beyond the frost-chain and the fever,

I shall be soon;

Beyond the rock-waste and the river,

Beyond the ever and the never

I shall be soon.

Love, rest, and home!

Sweet home!

Lord, tarry not, but come.