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Text: | Be Thou My Vision |
Editor: | Eleanor Hull |
Tune: | [Be Thou my Vision, O Lord of my heart] |
1 Be Thou my Vision, O Lord of my heart;
Naught be all else but 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, and I Thy true son;
Thou in me dwelling, and I with Thee one.
3 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.
4 High King of heaven, my victory won,
May I reach heaven's joys, O bright heav'n's Sun!
Heart of my own heart, whatever befall,
Still be my Vision, O Ruler of all.
Amen.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Be Thou my Vision, O Lord of my heart |
Title: | Be Thou My Vision |
Editor: | Eleanor Hull |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1976 |
Topic: | God the Father: Attributes; God the Father: Providence; God: The Father(6 more...) |
Source: | From book of poems Gael |
Copyright: | Reprinted by permission of The Editor's Literary Estate & Chatto and Windus, Ltd. |
Notes: | Now Public Domain |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | [Be Thou my Vision, O Lord of my heart] |
Key: | E♭ Major |
Source: | Traditional Irish melody |