Child of sin and sorrow,
Filled with dismay,
Wait not for to-morrow,
Yield thee to-day.
Heaven bids thee come
While yet there ’s room:
Child of sin and sorrow!
Hear and obey.
Child of sin and sorrow,
Why wilt thou die?
Come whilst thou canst borrow
Help from on high:
Grieve not...
Not on a prayerless bed, not on a prayerless bed
Compose thy weary limbs to rest;
For they alone are blest
With balmy sleep
Whom angels keep;
Nor, though by care opprest,
Or anxious sorrow,
Or thought in many a coil perplexed
For coming morrow,
Lay not thy head
On...
Not on a prayerless bed, not on a prayerless bed
Compose thy weary limbs to rest;
For they alone are blessed
With balmy sleep
Whom angels keep;
Nor, though by care oppressed,
Or anxious sorrow,
Or thought in many a coil perplexed
For coming morrow,
Lay not thy...
Être homme ? tu le peux. Va-t'en, guêtré de cuir,
L'arme au poing, sur les pics, dans la haute bourrasque,
Et suis le libre isard aussi loin qu'il peut fuir !
Fais-toi soldat ; le front s'assainit sous le casque.
Jeûnant pour avoir faim et peinant pour dormir,
Sois un contrebandier dans la montagne basque !
Mais, dans nos vils séjours, ne t'attends...
