Charles Hubert Hastings Parry - There is an old belief - текст песни (слова)

There is an old belief,
 That on some solemn shore,
 Beyond the sphere of grief
 Dear friends shall meet once more.
 Beyond the sphere of Time and Sin
 And Fate's control,
 Serene in changeless prime
 Of body and of soul.
 That creed I fain would keep
 That hope I'll ne'er forgo,
 Eternal be the sleep,
 If not to waken so.