Text: | God of Our Fathers, Known of Old |
Author: | Rudyard Kipling |
Tune: | MELITA |
Composer: | John B. Dykes |
1 God of our fathers, known of old,
Lord of our far-flung battle-line,
Beneath whose awful hand we hold
Dominion over palm and pine:
Refrain:
Lord God of hosts, be with us yet,
Lest we forget, lest we forget!
2 The tumult and the shouting dies,
The captains and the kings depart;
Still stands thine ancient sacrifice,
An humble and a contrite heart. [Refrain]
3 Far-called our navies melt away,
On dune and headland sinks the fire;
Lo, all our pomp of yesterday
Is one with Nineveh and Tyre! [Refrain]
Amen.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | God of our fathers, known of old |
Title: | God of Our Fathers, Known of Old |
Author: | Rudyard Kipling (1897) |
Refrain First Line: | Lord God of hosts, be with us yet |
Meter: | 8. 8. 8. 8. 8. 8. |
Publication Date: | 1957 |
Scripture: | |
Copyright: | Words from The Five Nations, by Rudyard Kipling. Copyright, 1903, Rudyard Kipling, reprinted by permission of Mrs. George Bambridge and Doubleday and Company and Macmillan Company of Canada. |
Notes: | Alternate tune: "St. Catherine," No. 216. |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | MELITA |
Composer: | John B. Dykes (1861) |
Meter: | 8. 8. 8. 8. 8. 8. |
Key: | C Major |