Text:Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence
Translator:Gerald Moultrie (1829-1885)
Tune:PICARDY

662. Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence

Let all mortal flesh keep silence,
And with fear and trembling stand;
Ponder nothing earthly-minded,
For with blessing in his hand,
Christ our God to earth descendeth,
Our full homage to demand. Amen.

Text Information
First Line: Let all mortal flesh keep silence
Title: Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence
Translator: Gerald Moultrie (1829-1885) (1864)
Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7.
Publication Date: 1985
Topic: Sentences and Responses
Source: Liturgy of St. James
Tune Information
Name: PICARDY
Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7.
Incipit: 12345 54555 56765
Key: d minor or modal
Source: 17th century French carol



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