Text: | These things shall be! a loftier race |
Author: | J. A. Symonds, 1840-1893 |
Tune: | SIMEON |
Composer: | Samuel Stanley, 1767-1822 |
1 These things shall be! a loftier race
Than e'er the world hath known shall rise,
With flame of freedom in their souls
And light of knowledge in their eyes.
2 They shall be gentle, brave, and strong
To spill no drop of blood, but dare
All that may plant man's lordship firm
On earth, and fire, and sea, and air.
3 Nation with nation, land with land,
Inarmed shall lived as comrades free;
In every heart and brain shall throb
The pulse of one fraternity.
4 Man shall love man with heart as pure
And fervent as the young-eyed joys
Who chant their heavenly songs before
God's face with undiscordant noise.
5 New arts shall bloom of loftier mould,
And mightier music thrill the skies,
And every life shall be a song,
When all the earth is paradise.
6 There shall be no more sin, nor shame,
Though pain and passion may not die;
For man shall be at one with God
In bonds of firm necessity.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | These things shall be! a loftier race |
Author: | J. A. Symonds, 1840-1893 |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1917 |
Topic: | The Church and the Kingdom of God: Missions; Social Righteousness; Peace: Among Nations(1 more...) |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | SIMEON |
Composer: | Samuel Stanley, 1767-1822 |
Meter: | L.M. |
Key: | F Major or modal |