THE ROAD BEYOND THE TOWNA road goes up a pleasant hill,And a little house looks down:Ah! but I see the roadway stillAnd the day I left the town.The day I left my father’s home,It’s many a year ago,And a heart and hope were brave to roamthe long, long road I know.The long, long road by hill and plain,It’s tired the heart might be:But hope stayed bright in sun or rain,And a Voice that called to me.A Voice that called me over the hillAnd out of the little town:Ah! but I see the roadway still.And the good house looking down.The house that spake me never a No!As I started brave away,But said with a blessing, Go!And followed me every day.It followed me down the road of years,For a father’s heart is true,And joy is sweet in a mother’s tearsFor the deeds her child may do.The poor little deeds, all powerlessFor the Kingdom of God would be,Save in His mercy will He blessThe road that goes with me:The road that left a pleasant hill,Where a little house looks down:Ah! but I bless the roadway still,And the land beyond the town.MICHAEL EARLS, S.J.
A road goes up a pleasant hill,And a little house looks down:Ah! but I see the roadway stillAnd the day I left the town.The day I left my father’s home,It’s many a year ago,And a heart and hope were brave to roamthe long, long road I know.The long, long road by hill and plain,It’s tired the heart might be:But hope stayed bright in sun or rain,And a Voice that called to me.A Voice that called me over the hillAnd out of the little town:Ah! but I see the roadway still.And the good house looking down.The house that spake me never a No!As I started brave away,But said with a blessing, Go!And followed me every day.It followed me down the road of years,For a father’s heart is true,And joy is sweet in a mother’s tearsFor the deeds her child may do.The poor little deeds, all powerlessFor the Kingdom of God would be,Save in His mercy will He blessThe road that goes with me:The road that left a pleasant hill,Where a little house looks down:Ah! but I bless the roadway still,And the land beyond the town.
MICHAEL EARLS, S.J.