The Cyber Hymnal ‎#3646

3646. Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence

1. 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.

2. King of kings, yet born of Mary,
As of old on earth He stood,
Lord of lords, in human vesture,
In the body and the blood;
He will give to all the faithful
His own self for heavenly food.

3. Rank on rank the host of heaven
Spreads its vanguard on the way,
As the Light of light descendeth
From the realms of endless day,
That the powers of hell may vanish
As the darkness clears away.

4. At His feet the six wingèd seraph,
Cherubim with sleepless eye,
Veil their faces to the presence,
As with ceaseless voice they cry:
Alleluia, Alleluia
Alleluia, Lord Most High!

Text Information

• First Line: Let all mortal flesh keep silence
• Title: Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence
• Greek Title: Σιγησάτο παρα σὰρξ βροτεία
• Translator (from Greek): Gerard Moultrie (1864)
• Meter: 87.87.87
• Language: English
• Source: Liturgy of St. James, 4th Century
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: PICARDY
• Composer: Anonymous
• Meter: 87.87.87
• Incipit: 12341 54555 56765
• Key: d minor
• Source: French carol melody; Harmony from The English Hymnal, 1906, number 318
• Copyright: Public Domain