The Summer Days Are Come Again

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1 The summer days are come again;
once more the glad earth yields
her golden wealth of ripening grain
and breath of clover fields
and deepening shade of summer woods
and glow of summer air
and winging thoughts and happy moods
of love and joy and prayer.

2 The summer days are come again;
the birds are on the wing;
God's praises, in their loving strain,
unconsciously they sing.
We know who gives all the good
that doth our cup o'erbrim;
for summer joy in field and wood,
we lift our song to Him.

Source: The Irish Presbyterian Hymbook #48

Author: Samuel Longfellow

Longfellow, Samuel, B. A., brother of the Poet, was born at Portland, Maine, June 18, 1819, and educated at Harvard, where he graduated in Arts in 1839, and in Theology in 1846. On receiving ordination as an Unitarian Minister, he became Pastor at Fall River, Massachusetts, 1848; at Brooklyn, 1853; and at Germantown, Pennsylvania, 1860. In 1846 he edited, with the Rev. S. Johnson (q. v.), A Book of Hymns for Public and Private Devotion. This collection was enlarged and revised in 1848. In 1859 his Vespers was published, and in 1864 the Unitarian Hymns of the Spirit , under the joint editorship of the Rev. S. Johnson and himself. His Life of his brother, the Poet Longfellow, was published in 1886. To the works named he contributed the follow… Go to person page >

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A Book of Hymns and Tunes #177

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American Church and Church School Hymnal #d300

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Christian Song #71

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Heart and Voice #d268

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Hymnal for American Youth #53

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Hymns and Tunes for Schools #272

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Hymns for Creative Living #183

Hymns for the Celebration of Life #d237

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Hymns for the Living Age #96

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Hymns for Youth #43

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Hymns of the Rural Spirit #48

Hymns of the Spirit for Use in the Free Churches of America #138

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Junior Church School Hymnal #168

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Pilgrim Songs (Number Two) #280

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Sacred Songs For Public Worship #83

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Sacred Songs For Public Worship #83

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Services for Congregational Worship. The New Hymn and Tune Book #167

Sing to the Lord #d226

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Singing the Living Tradition #65

Singing Worship with Boys and Girls #d97

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Song-Hymnal of Praise and Joy #552

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Songs for Sunday Schools #109

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Songs of Praise for America #d105

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The Abingdon Hymnal #205

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The English Hymnal #288

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The English Hymnal #288

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The Fellowship Hymn Book #318

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The Fellowship Hymn Book #318

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The Golden Hymn Book #365

The Hymnal #d470

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The Hymnal for Boys and Girls #86

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The Hymnal #431

The Hymnary for use in Baptist churches #576

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The Irish Presbyterian Hymbook #48

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The New Hymnal for American Youth #321

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