Glory to God ‎#105

105. People, Look East

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Text Information

• First Line: People, look east. The time is near
• Title: People, Look East
• Author: Eleanor Farjeon (1928, alt.)
• Meter: 8.7.9.8.8.7
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2013
• Scripture:
  Isaiah 40:4
• Topic: Jesus Christ: Advent
• Copyright: © 1960 David Higham Associates, Ltd.

Tune Information

• Name: BESANÇON
• Harmonizer: Martin Shaw (1928)
• Meter: 8.7.9.8.8.7
• Key: D Major
• Source: French folk melody
• Copyright: Harm. © 1928 Oxford University Press

Text Information:

This text was written to provide a new Advent text for an existing carol tune, here named for the city in eastern France where it originated. The author has imaginatively expressed the cosmic implications of Christ’s coming by addressing each stanza to a part of creation.