Text: | Lord of all being, throned afar |
Author: | Oliver Wendell Holmes, 1809-94 |
Tune: | UFFINGHAM |
Composer: | Jeremiah Clarke, c. 1673-1707 |
1 Lord of all being, throned afar,
Thy glory flames from sun and star;
Centre and soul of every sphere,
Yet to each loving heart how near!
2 Sun of our life, thy quickening ray
Sheds on our path the glow of day;
Star of our hope, thy softened light
Cheers the long watches of the night.
3 Our midnight is thy smile withdrawn,
Our noontide is thy gracious dawn,
Our rainbow arch thy mercy's sign;
All, save the clouds of sin, are thine.
4 Lord of all life, below, above,
Whose light is truth, whose warmth is love,
Before thy ever-blazing throne
We ask no lustre of our own.
5 Grant us thy truth to make us free
And kindling hearts that burn for thee,
Till all thy living altars claim
One holy light, one heavenly flame.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Lord of all being, throned afar |
Author: | Oliver Wendell Holmes, 1809-94 |
Meter: | LM |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1986 |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | UFFINGHAM |
Composer: | Jeremiah Clarke, c. 1673-1707 |
Meter: | LM |
Key: | f minor |