My life goes on in endless songabove earth’s lamentationsI hear the real though far off hymnthat hails a new creationThrough all the tumult and the strifeI hear it’s music ringingIt sounds an echo in my soulHow can I keep from singingWhile though the tempest loudly roarsI hear the truth it livethAnd though the darkness ’round me closesongs in the night it givethNo storm can shake my inmost calmwhile to that rock I’m clingingSince love is lord of heaven and earthhow can I keep from singingWhen tyrants tremble in their fearand hear their death knell ringingwhen friends rejoice both far and nearhow can I keep from singingIn prison cell and dungeon vileour thoughts to them are wingingwhen friends by shame are undefiledhow can I keep from singing