May I Softly Walk and Wisely Speak

SATB, piano
Duration: 3 Minutes
Text: Traditional Shaker, Canterbury, NH
Year: 2018

Commissioned by: First Parish Church Congregational UCC, Dover, NH
Premiered by: First Parish Church Senior Choir, Marty Thyng, director, October 28, 2018

Publisher: Siegfried Publishing #057

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  • May I softly walk and wisely speak,
    Lest I harm the strong or wound the weak;
    For all these wounds I yet must feel,
    And bathe in love until they heal.

    Why should I carelessly offend?
    Since many joys of life depend
    On gentle words and peaceful ways,
    Which shed such brightness o’er our days.