The Hymnal, Revised and Enlarged, as adopted by the General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America in the year of our Lord 1892 ‎#487

487. Rise, crowned with light

1 Rise, crowned with light, imperial Salem, rise!
Exalt thy towering head and lift thine eyes!
See heaven its sparkling portals wide display,
And break upon thee in a flood of day.

2 See a long race thy spacious courts adorn:
See future sons, and daughters yet unborn,
In crowding ranks on every side arise,
Demanding life, impatient for the skies.

3 See barbarous nations at thy gates attend,
Walk in thy light, and in thy temple bend:
See thy bright altars thronged with prostrate kings,
While every land its joyous tribute brings.

4 The seas shall waste, the skies to smoke decay,
Rocks fall to dust, and mountains melt away;
But fixed His word, His saving power remains;
Thy realm shall last, thy own Messiah reigns.

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: Rise, crowned with light, imperial Salem, rise!
• Title: Rise, crowned with light
• Author: Alex. Pope (1712)
• Meter: 10 S.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1892
• Notes: Now Public Domain. Tune name in index: RUSSIAN HYMN

Tune Information

• Name: [Rise, crowned with light]
• Composer: A. Lwoff
• Meter: 10 S.
• Key: F Major
• Notes: Public Domain.