Only Remembered

Horatius Bonar, 1870 Ira David Sankey, 1891

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1. Fad - ing a - way like the stars of the morn- ing, Los - ing their light in the
2. Shall we be missed though by o - thers suc - ceed - ed, Reap - ing the fields we in

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3. On - ly the truth that in life we have spok - en, On - ly the seed that on

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glor - i - ous sun? Thus would we pass from the earth and its toil - ing,
spring - time have sown? No, for the sow - ers may pass from their la - bors,
earth we have sown; These shall pass on - ward when we are for - got - ten,

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Refrain

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ly re - mem- bered by what we have done.
On - ly re - mem- bered by what they have done. On - ly re - mem- bered, on- ly re - mem- bered,

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Fruits of the har - vest and what we have done.
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On-ly re - mem- bered by what we have done; Thus would we pass from the earth and its toil-ing,

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On-ly re-mem-bered by what we have done.

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