The Mountains Aren't Near Enough to Heaven

Music: Betty MacNeill. By Turlough O'Carolan. Sequenced at the Ancient Music of Ireland.

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The mountains aren't near enough to heaven When all we know and dream about is here. Each moment plays a melody so pure No angel can beatify it more. Though primed for death, our first response is fear. Years of simple joys can last forever. No eternity can long endure Its exile from devotion, still and clear; Nor can one feel the ecstasy of living Except one breathe the cold, fresh mountain air.