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Text: | For All the Saints |
Author: | William W. How, 1823-1897 |
Tune: | SINE NOMINE |
Composer: | Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1872-1958 |
1 For all the saints who from their labors rest,
who thee by faith before the world confessed,
thy name, O Jesus, be forever blest.
Alleluia! Alleluia!
2 Thou wast their rock, their fortress, and their might;
thou, Lord, their captain in the well-fought fight;
thou, in the darkness drear, their one true light.
Alleluia! Alleluia!
3 Oh, blest communion, fellowship divine,
we feebly struggle, they in glory shine;
yet all are one in thee, for all are thine.
Alleluia! Alleluia!
4 And when the strife is fierce, the warfare long,
steals on the ear the distant triumph song,
and hearts are brave again, and arms are strong.
Alleluia! Alleluia!
5 The golden evening brightens in the west;
soon, soon to faithful servants cometh rest;
sweet is the calm of paradise the blest.
Alleluia! Alleluia!
6 But then there breaks a yet more glorious day:
the saints triumphant rise in bright array;
the King of glory passes on his way.
Alleluia! Alleluia!
7 From earth's wide bounds, from ocean's farthest coast,
through gates of pearl streams in the countless host,
singing to Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Text Information | |
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First Line: | For all the saints who from their labors rest |
Title: | For All the Saints |
Author: | William W. How, 1823-1897 |
Meter: | 10 10 10 and alleluias |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 2006 |
Topic: | Festivals, Commemorations; Funeral |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | SINE NOMINE |
Composer: | Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1872-1958 |
Meter: | 10 10 10 and alleluias |
Key: | G Major |
Copyright: | © Oxford University Press |