Farewell

TIE the strings to my life, my Lord,

      Then I am ready to go!

Just a look at the horses—

      Rapid! That will do!

Put me in on the firmest side,

      So I shall never fall;

For we must ride to the Judgment,

      And it's partly down hill.

But never I mind the bridges,

      And never I mind the sea;

Held fast in everlasting race

      By my own choice and thee.

Good-by to the life I used to live,

      And the world I used to know;

And kiss the hills for me, just once;

      Now I am ready to go!