Purple shadows on the mount­ains,
Drop a co­ver­let of rest,
As a hand lets down night’s cur­tain
O’er the rough and rug­ged breasts.
Dark and mur­ky are the out­lines,
Yet I know to­mor­row’s sun
Will again in beau­ty shin­eth,
Till the sha­dows are all gone.

Refrain

Wait un­til the morn­ing break­eth,
Fear no more the sha­do­wy night;
Lift your bur­dened heart that ach­eth,
See the dawn­ing rays of light.

Is your heart bowed down with bur­dens,
Has the night passed o’er your soul?
O then look be­yond the mount­ains,
Know that God in Hea­ven rules.
Soon will rise the sun in splen­dor,
And your path will all be plain,
All the rough ways will be smooth­er,
If the Christ in you shall reign.

Refrain

Now has come the eve of life­time,
And the pur­ple shadows fall;
May the peace of God abid­eth,
Till death’s an­gel sends his call.
Look! the light of Hea­ven shin­eth!
And the soul has found re­lease
From this shado­wy world that lieth,
Where the bur­dens ne­ver cease.

Refrain