Siloam Lyrics Reginald Heber, 1812
4 verses, meter C.M., public domain, free to print and project.
The words
Verse 1. By cool Siloam’s shady rill,
How fair the lily grows!
How sweet the breath, beneath the hill,
Of Sharon’s dewy rose!
Verse 2. Lo! such the child whose early feet
The paths of peace have trod,
Whose secret heart, with influence sweet,
Is upward drawn to God.
Verse 3. By cool Siloam’s shady rill
The lily must decay;
The rose that blooms beneath the hill
Must shortly fade away.
Verse 4. And soon, too soon, the wintry hour
Of man’s maturer age
Will shake the soul with sorrow’s pow’r.
And stormy passions rage.
Words copied from The Otterbein Hymnal (1892). They were published in 1812, so they are in the public domain in the United States, and your church may print them, show them and sing them without a license.
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