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VII. Oh! 'tis glorious

from An American Requiem by Chris Massa

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When our earthly sun is setting, and its glory fading fast;
When our life’s long looked for evening with its shadows comes at last;

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Oh! ’tis glorious, Oh! ’tis glorious,
To enter in the sweet refrain,
Oh! ’tis glorious, Oh! ’tis glorious,
To know we’ll meet again.

When the tear-drops fast are flowing, and our hearts are torn with grief;
When for all our sorrows, vainly we attempt to find relief;

When the cold sweat of the dying hangs in drops upon our face;
And a secret voice assures us we have almost run our race;

When the friends we love are standing round our lonely, dying bed,
And we take our farewell parting ere the spark of life has fled;

— Stephen Collins Foster (1826-1864)

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from An American Requiem, released September 13, 2016
Chamber Orchestra of Pittsburgh and Voces Solis
Conducted by Edward Leonard

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