How Can I Keep From Singing lyrics

My life goes on in endless song
above earth`s lamentations,
I hear the real, though far-off hymn
that hails a new creation.

Through all the tumult and the strife
I hear it`s music ringing,
It sounds an echo in my soul.
How can I keep from singing?

While though the tempest loudly roars,
I hear the truth, it liveth.
And though the darkness `round me close,
songs in the night it giveth.

No storm can shake my inmost calm,
while to that rock I`m clinging.
Since love is lord of heaven and earth
how can I keep from singing?

When tyrants tremble sick with fear
and hear their death knell ringing,
when friends rejoice both far and near
how can I keep from singing?

No storm can shake my inmost calm,
while to that rock I`m clinging.
Since love is lord of heaven and earth
how can I keep from singing?

My life goes on in endless song
above earth`s lamentations,
I hear the real, though far-off hymn
How can I keep from singing?

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