my life flows on in endless song above earth s lamentations i hear the real though far off hymn that hails a new creation no storm can shake my inmost calm while to that rock i m clinging it sounds an echo in my soul how can i keep from singing what thought the tempest loudly roars i know the truth it liveth what though the darkness round me close songs in the night it giveth no storm can shake my inmost calm while to that rock i m clinging since love is lord of heaven and earth how can i keep from singing i lift mine eyes the cloud grows thin i see the blue above it and day by day this pathway smoothes since first i learned to love it the peace of christ makes fresh my heart a fountain ever springing all things are mine since i am his how can i keep from singing