See the leaves around us falling,
by Isaac Watts (1674–1748)
Representative text
As printed in The Church Hymnal (1941), no. 491 — the newest hymnal carrying it.
Verse 1
See the leaves around us falling, Dry and withered to the ground; Thus to thoughtless mortals calling, In a sad and solemn sound:
Verse 2
"Youth on length of days presuming, Who the paths of pleasure tread, View us, late in beauty blooming, Numbered now among the dead."
Verse 3
"Yearly in our course appearing, Messengers of shortest stay, Thus we preach in mortal hearing — Ye, like us, shall pass away."