There is a part of me

That's only visiting

Torn from eternity

A stranger here

The awkward mingling of

The loveless and beloved

So far from things above

While I am here

So when the last notes of my soul's summer symphony

Go stealing through this old world's cold garden gates

I will hold no fear as you close my book of hours

And the hands of heaven carry me, carry me home to stay

O death where is your sting

Your tears and your trembling

His peace is lingering even now

O grave your battle's fought

Your victory has been lost

To Christ who gave it all to take me now

So when the last notes of my soul's summer symphony

Go stealing through this old world's cold garden gates

I will hold no fear as you close my book of hours

And the hands of heaven carry me, carry me home to stay

O grave your battle's fought

Your victory has been lost

To Christ who gave it all to take me home