1. The hours are but horses
We ride to catch up

2. And death is the finish line
Where this race ends

3. How the shade hides the flower
In the morn, so serene

4. The sun burns it away
Back to the layers unseen

5. After that the flower fades
In withering, burning scene

6. As if there was no dawn
No flower and no green

7. How many suns in their setting
How many full moons waning

8. Birds that cut through the air
In flight and sustaining

9. Raised their young tenderly
With care and maintaining

10. Yet death came suddenly
And the tender ones remaining

11. How many cowards succeeded
While noble sank low

12. Yet death comes to both
In its final throw

13. How the lover hoped and prayed
While parting drew nigh

14. How many a bride was robbed
Of her gown and dowry

15. The grave embraced her
While her groom let out a cry

16. So leave your worries be
They're burdens we can't carry

17. Drink sweet fresh juice
To make your days less weary

18. Turn from false lovers
And those who lie and mislead

19. God's grace reaches all
With arms open wide

20. All that lives will perish
None but God will abide