Out Among the Big Things

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Out among the big things —
  The mountains and the plains —
An hour ain’t important,
  Nor are the hour’s gains;
The feller in the city
  Is hurried night and day,
But out among the big things
  He learns the calmer way.

Out among the big things —
  The skies that never end —
To lose a day ain’t nothin’,
  The days are here to spend;
So why not give ‘em freely,
  Enjoyin’ as we go?
I somehow can’t help thinkin’
  The good Lord means life so.

Out among the big things —
  The heights that gleam afar —
A feller gets to wonder
  What means each distant star;
He may not get an answer,
  But somehow, every night
He feels, among the big things,
  That everything’s all right.

© Arthur Chapman