Based on a traditional setting of the Longfellow’s popular 1838 poem, this song has an anthem-like quality well befitting the spiritual and optimistic depiction of life’s purpose.

Commissioned by The Tampa Bay Children’s Chorus
Words by Henry W. Longfellow
Setting and Arrangement by Malcolm Dalglish
© Plymouth Music MD-200 for dulcimer and three-part treble
Voices: Lydia Herring, Naomi Dalglish, Moira Smiley, Suzannah Armstrong/Park, Beth Carpenter; solo by Georgia Rose Armstrong/Park.