First Line: Only a little while sowing and reaping,

Only a little while sowing and reaping,
Only a little while our vigil keep-fog;
Then shall we gather home, no more to sever,
Clasped in eternal love, blest, blest for ever !

Blest, blest for ever I no more to sever :
Clasped in eternal love, blest, blest for ever !

2 Only a little while heart-break and sorrow,
Dark though the night may be, cloudless the morrow ;
Only a little while, earth-ties to sever,
Then in our Fatherland, blest, blest for ever !

3 Only a little while shadow and sadness,
Then in eternity, sunshine and gladness ;
Only a Uttle while, then o'er the river,
Home, rest, and victor-palm, life, joy,for ever !