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Words by Miss M. A. Collier Music by E. S. Loder (Boston: Oliver Ditson, 1852) The ice is floating in the stream, The wintry day is wild; Hope lights with her undying gleam The wand'rer and her child. She clasps him closely to her heart, Her only one -- her joy; For nought but death the two shall part, The mother and her boy! She sees the cold and rushing tide, Her feet are bleeding bare; She lingers not, nor turns aside, Yet breathes one heartfelt prayer. She lingers not, nor turns aside, Yet breathes one heartfelt prayer. She presses on -- she presses on, Nor heeds the icy flood; Thus only may her rest be won, So help her, mighty God! The mother gains the further shore, Her babe is on her breast, The race is past, the peril o'er, One moment is she blest. Thus only may her race be won, So help her, mighty God! The mother gains the further shore, Her babe is on her breast, The race is past, the peril o'er, One moment is she blest! |
PERFORMED BY GLIMPSE OF GLORY SOLO VOCAL: Kay Buchanan PIANO: Lynne Mackey Recorded by Bill Dudley Produced by Bill Wellington Harrisonburg, Virginia  Harry Birdoff Collection Harriet Beecher Stowe Center |