WELL MAY I LAUGH.
Reading edition
Well may I laugh when the earth is aglow With bountiful gifts love alone can bestow; The manifold works from the Father’s own hand, But image the wealth of Immanuel’s land. Well may I laugh when the sun is so bright, The mountains and valleys are bathing in light; The breezes of summer and winter’s shrill blast, All telling of greatness and glory at last. Well may I laugh from pure gladness of heart, For in this fair world even I have a part; There is not a day but what something is done, Some good is accomplished, some victory won. Well may I laugh, it is pleasant to live, To love and to labor, to gain and to give; While never a pleasure in life can compare, With pleasures eternal that all men may share.