Words by EMILIE CLARE 
Music by M. LERMAN 
1. “Just a - cross life’s flow 
2. All of love and life 
3. Soft-ly plies the un 
Just be - yond its storm - y 
Kip - ens on that un - seen 
As the rip - pies wan - ton 
ing rxv - er, 
and wis-dom 
seen boatman, 
Moderate espressivo, 
cresc. 
Dar-ling, I will wait for thee. 
Bloom in beau - ty ev - er - more, 
Till the shore is reach’d at last. 
Where the slant - ing moon - beams quiv - er, 
Pair - est, sweet - est, fade - less flow - ers, 
Sad - ly, in the voice - less si - lence, 
Fear not, love, 
Lin - ger not 
Then a smile 
to stem the 
for tear - ful 
of saint - ly 
sea, 
shore, 
past, 
cresc. 
An - gel hands 
Launch thy bark 
Whis - p’ring in 
Heav’n 
Heav’n 
Heav’n 
will bear you o - ver, 
up - on the cur - rent 
their peace - ful qui - et. 
Tho’ its waves are dark 
Swift - ly flows death’s tur 
On the cold lips seem! 
cresc. 
An - gel hands will bear you o - ver, Heav’n 
Launch thy bark up - on the cur - rent,. Heav’n 
Whis - p’ring in their peace - ful qui - et, Heav’n 
Chorus. 
TENOR. 
Fear not, love, to stem the tor - rent, Tho’ its waves be dark and wide, An-gel hands will bear you o - ver, Heav’n is on the oth - er side. 
SOPRANO. 
ALTO. “ 1 * 
Fear not, love, to stem the tor-rent, Tho’ its waves be dark and wide, An-gel hands will bear you o - ver, Heav-en is on the oth-er side. 
Copyright, 1876, by M. Lermcm. Published in sheet form. Price 35 cts. 
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