Text: | O worship the King, all glorious above |
Author: | Robert Grant (1779-1838) |
Tune: | HANOVER |
Composer (attributed to): | William Croft (1678-1727) |
1 O worship the King, all glorious above;
O gratefully sing his power and his love;
our shield and defender, the Ancient of Days,
pavilioned in splendour and girded with praise.
2 O tell of his might, O sing of his grace,
whose robe is the light, whose canopy space;
his chariots of wrath the deep thunder-clouds form,
and dark is his path on the wings of the storm.
3 The earth with its store of wonders untold,
Almighty, thy power hath founded of old;
hath stablished it fast by a changeless decree,
and round it hath cast, like a mantle, the sea.
4 Thy bountiful care what tongue can recite?
It breathes in the air, it shines in the light;
it streams from the hills; it descends to the plain,
and sweetly distils in the dew and the rain.
5 Frail children of dust, and feeble as frail,
in thee do we trust, nor find thee to fail;
thy mercies how tender, how firm to the end,
our maker, defender, redeemer, and friend!
6 O measureless might, ineffable love!
While angels delight to hymn thee above,
the humbler creation, in lowlier ways,
with true adoration shall sing to thy praise.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | O worship the King, all glorious above |
Author: | Robert Grant (1779-1838) (alt.) |
Meter: | 10 10 11 11 |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 2005 |
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Topic: | God: in majesty; Providence |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | HANOVER |
Composer (attributed to): | William Croft (1678-1727) |
Meter: | 10 10 11 11 |
Key: | G Major |
Source: | Melody and most of the bass from A Supplement to the New Version 1708 |