MAKE HASTE, O MAN! TO LIVE

Make haste, O man! to live,

For thou so soon must die;

Time hurries past thee like the breeze;

How swift its moments fly.

Make haste, O man! to live.

Make haste, O man! to do

Whatever must be done,

Thou hast no time to lose in sloth,

Thy day will soon be gone.

Make haste, O man! to live.

To breathe, and wake, and sleep,

To smile, to sigh, to grieve,

To move in idleness through earth,

This, this is not to live.

Make haste, O man! to live.

The useful, not the great;

The thing that never dies,

The silent toil that is not lost,

Set these before thine eyes.

Make haste, O man! to live.

Make haste, O man! to live.

Thy time is almost o'er;

Oh! sleep not, dream not, but arise,

The Judge is at the door.

Make haste, O man! to live.

--Horatius Bonar.