Hymn
See the leaves around us falling
See the leaves around us falling,
Dry and withered to the ground;
Thus to thoughtless mortals calling,
In a sad and solemn sound;
"Youth on length of days presuming,
Who the paths of pleasure tread,
View us, late in beauty blooming,
Numbered now among the dead.
"Yearly in our course appearing,
Messengers of shortest stay,
Thus we preach in mortal hearing,
Ye, like us, shall pass away."
See the leaves around us falling — Text from The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book, 1886. Public domain. https://yeshuanow.com/hymns/see-the-leaves-around-us-falling
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Who wrote See the leaves around us falling?
The words of See the leaves around us falling were written by George Horne; the version here was published in 1886.
Is See the leaves around us falling public domain?
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