Text: | Let all mortal flesh keep silence |
Author: | Gerard Moultrie, 1829-1885 |
Tune: | PICARDY |
Harmonizer: | Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1872-1958 |
1 Let all mortal flesh keep silence,
and with fear and trembling stand;
set your minds on things eternal,
for with blessing in His hand
Christ our God to earth descending
comes our homage to demand.
2 King of kings, yet born of Mary,
once upon the earth He stood;
Lord of lords we now perceive Him
in His body and His blood —
He will give to all the faithful
His own self for heavenly food.
3 Rank on rank the host of heaven
stream before Him on the way;
as the Light of light descending
from the realms of endless day
vanquishes the powers of evil,
clears the gloom of hell away.
4 At His feet the six-winged seraphs,
cherubim with sleepless eye,
veil their faces to His presence
as with ceaseless voice they cry:
'Alleluia, alleluia,
alleluia, Lord most high!'
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Let all mortal flesh keep silence |
Author: | Gerard Moultrie, 1829-1885 |
Meter: | 87 87 87 |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 2004 |
Topic: | Jesus Christ: The Lord's Supper |
Source: | Liturgy of St James; Adapt.: Jubilate Hymns |
Copyright: | Adapt. © Jubilate Hymns |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | PICARDY |
Harmonizer: | Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1872-1958 |
Meter: | 87 87 87 |
Key: | d minor |
Source: | French carol melody; Harm.: English Hymnal, 1906 |
Copyright: | Harm. by permission of Oxford University Press |