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SONG by BARBARA CLAWSON

First Line: O LORD, HOW BEAUTIFUL IT IS!
Last Line: IS IT NOT SWEET TO BE ALIVE!
Subject(s): LOVE; SINGING & SINGERS; SONGS;

O Lord, how beautiful it is!
How beautiful to be alive!
How sweet the bud of blooming trees;
How sweet the bees, how sweet the hive!
Here on the dewy grass I lie,
Sweet grass that also beds my love,
And watch with him the stars that move
Across the blue and tender sky.
O sweet love, speak! O sweet stars, fall!
Into a sea of bliss I dive.
O love, is not life beautiful,
Is it not sweet to be alive!



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