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Text: | Mine Eyes have Seen the Glory |
Author: | Julia Ward Howe |
Tune: | BATTLE HYMN |
1 Mine eyes have seen the glory
of the coming of the Lord;
he is trampling out the vintage
where the grapes of wrath are stored;
he hath loosed the fateful lightning
of his terrible swift sword;
his truth is marching on.
Refrain:
Glory! glory, hallelujah!
Glory! glory, hallelujah!
Glory! glory, hallelujah!
Our God is marching on.
2 I have seen him in the watchfires
of a hundred circling camps;
they have builded him an altar
in the evening dews and damps;
I can read his righteous sentence
by the dim and flaring lamps;
his day is marching on. [Refrain]
3 He has sounded forth the trumpet
that shall never call retreat;
he is sifting out the hearts of men
before his judgment seat;
O be swift, my soul, to answer him!
Be jubilant, my feet!
Our God is marching on. [Refrain]
4 In the beauty of the lilies
Christ was born across the sea,
with a glory in his bosom
that transfigures you and me;
as he died to make men holy,
let us live to make men free,
while God is marching on. [Refrain]
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord |
Title: | Mine Eyes have Seen the Glory |
Author: | Julia Ward Howe (1862) |
Refrain First Line: | Glory, glory, hallelujah |
Meter: | 15.15.15.6.Ref. |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1990 |
Scripture: | ; ; ; ; ; ; |
Topic: | God in Society: National Life; Worship (About); War(3 more...) |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | BATTLE HYMN |
Meter: | 15.15.15.6.Ref. |
Key: | B♭ Major |
Source: | Traditional American melody, 19th C. |
Media | |
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Audio recording: | Piano Harmony (auto-generated) |