Glad that I live am I

Glad that I live am I. Lizette Woodworth Reese* (1856-1935). First published in Reese’s A Handful of Lavender (Boston and New York, 1891). It was spotted by Percy Dearmer*, and included in SofP (1925), set to an attractive tune by Geoffrey Shaw*, WATER END: Glad that I live am I;That the sky is blue;Glad for the country lanes,And the fall of dew. After the sun the rain,After the rain the sun;This is the way of life,Till the work be done. All that we need to do,Be we low or high,Is to see that we growNearer the sky. In SofP it was included in the section 'For Children', but its unassuming plainness make it suitable for all ages, who can interpret the sub-text of stanzas 2 and 3. It became...