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Text: | He who would valiant be |
Adapter: | P. Dearmer (1867-1936) |
Author: | J. Bunyan (1628-1688) |
Tune: | MONKS GATE |
Arranger: | R. Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) |
1 He who would valiant be 'gainst all disaster,
let him in constancy follow the Master:
there's no discouragement shall make him once relent
his first avowed intent to be a pilgrim.
2 Who so beset him round with dismal stories
do but themselves confound — his strength the more is:
no foes shall stay his might, though he with giants fight;
he will make good his right to be a pilgrim.
3 Since, Lord, thou dost defend us with thy Spirit,
we know we at the end shall life inherit:
then, fancies, flee away! I'll fear not what men say,
I'll labour night and day to be a pilgrim.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | He who would valiant be |
Author: | J. Bunyan (1628-1688) (alt.) |
Adapter: | P. Dearmer (1867-1936) |
Meter: | 6 5 6 5 6 6 6 5 |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1987 |
Topic: | God's Church: Doxology, Glory to God |
Notes: | See also revised version, 537 |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | MONKS GATE |
Arranger: | R. Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) |
Meter: | 6 5 6 5 6 6 6 5 |
Key: | E♭ Major |
Copyright: | arr. © Oxford University Press |