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4. Be Thou My Vision

1. Be Thou my Vision, O Lord of my heart;
Naught be all else to me, save that Thou art;
Thou my best Thought, by day or by night,
Waking or sleeping, Thy presence my light.

2. Be Thou my Wisdom, and Thou my true Word;
I ever with Thee and Thou with me, Lord;
Thou my great Father, I Thy true son;
Thou in me dwelling, and I with Thee one.

3. Be Thou my battle Shield, Sword for the fight;
Be Thou my Dignity, Thou my Delight;
Thou my soul’s Shelter, Thou my high Tow’r:
Raise Thou me heav’nward, O Pow’r of my pow’r.

4. Riches I heed not, nor man’s empty praise,
Thou mine Inheritance, now and always:
Thou and Thou only, first in my heart,
High King of Heaven, my Treasure Thou art.

5. High King of Heaven, my victory won,
May I reach Heaven’s joys, O bright Heav’n’s Sun!
Heart of my own heart, whate’er befall,
Still be my Vision, O Ruler of all.

Text Information

• First Line: Be Thou my Vision, O Lord of my heart
• Title: Be Thou My Vision
• Author (attributed to): Dallan Forgaill
• Translator: Mary E. Byrne (pub.1905)
• Arranger: Eleanor H. Hull (1912)
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2013

Tune Information

• Name: SLANE
• Incipit: 11216 55611 23222
• Key: E♭ Major
• Source: Irish melody; har.