A popular song from 1874
Words by R. Lejoindre
Music by C. H. R. Marriott
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by Denese Coulbeck:
Lyrics
- Thy face is always near to me
Tho’ thou art far away
It is a beacon bright and fair
To cheer me on my way
It is a star to guide me through
This busy world of pain
A beacon bright, to rest with me
Until we meet again
Thy face is always
Thy face is always near to me
Tho’ thou art far away
It is a beacon bright and fair
To cheer me on my way - The vision bringeth me fond hopes
Of better days in store
It whispers of a time to come
When we shall part no more
Then rest with me, oh vision bright
My only hope thou art
My only joy my only grief
Is when we are apart
Thy face is always near to me
Tho’ thou art far away
It is a beacon bright and fair
To cheer me on my way - Thy face, ah me! ’tis always near
‘Tis never from my sight
It haunts me thro’ each long, long day
And fills my dreams at night
And yet it is a source of joy
It is my heart’s great wealth
And only would I lose it for
The vision’s own, dear self
Thy face is always near to me
Tho’ thou art far away
It is a beacon bright and fair
To cheer me on my way