Where Rivers Flow

'All the rivers flow into the sea, yet the sea is not full. To the place where the rivers flow, there they flow again...
Remember Him before the silver cord is broken and the golden bowl is crushed...
Then the dust will return to the earth as it was, and the spirit will return to God who gave it.'
~ Ecclesiastes 1:7, 12:6,7



Where Rivers Flow

You have come now to the end,
Where rivers flow, they flow again;
Where amber ship meets azul haze
And crystal course to glassy glaze.

The saffron sunset gilds the skies –
Far out to sea the grey gull flies
Across the lacy crested waves,
Those wardens of the wat'ry graves.

All rivers stream into this pool,
Yet still the ocean is not full.
To the place where rivers flow
There all else is bound to go.

The Tui's song has now been hushed,
The golden bowl at last is crushed;
The silver cord of youth is broken –
Sunrise sends its beck'ning token.

Where sunset comes so sunrise follows:
The dim horizon's sapphire glows.
You have come now to the end,
Where rivers flow, they flow again.