Beautiful Valley of Eden

Beautiful valley of Eden!
Sweet is thy noontide calm;
Over the heart of the weary,
Breathing thy waves of balm.

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Beautiful valley of Eden,
Home of the pure and blest,
How often amid the wild billows
I dream of thy rest, sweet rest!

Over the heart of the mourner
Shineth thy golden day,
Waiting the songs of the angels
Down from the far away.

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There is the home of my Savior;
There, with the blood washed throng,
Over the highlands of glory
Rolleth the great new song.

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Author: William O. Cushing

Year: 1876

William Orcutt Cushing wrote the lyrics; the tune was composed by George F. Root. This is a standard attribution in 19th-century gospel hymnals with no significant alternate claims.