How Can I Keep from Singing

My life flows on in endless song Above earth's lamentation I hear the real though far off hymn That hails the new creation Above the tumult and the strife I hear the music ringing It sounds an echo in my soul How can I keep from singing? What though the tempest loudly roars I hear the truth it liveth What though the darkness round me flows Songs in the night it giveth No storm can shake my inmost heart While to that rock I'm clinging Since love is lord of heaven and earth How can I keep from singing? When tyrants tremble sick with fear And hear their death knell ringing When friends rejoice both far and near How can I keep from singing? In prison cell and dungeon vile Our thoughts to them are winging When friends by shame are undefiled How can I keep from singing? My life flows on in endless song Above earth's lamentation I hear the real though far off hills That hails the new creation Above the tumult and the strife I hear the music ringing It sounds an echo in my soul How can I keep from singing?