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| Text: | Battle Hymn of the Republic |
| Author: | Julia Ward Howe |
| Tune: | [Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord] |
1 Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord;
He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored;
He hath loosed the fateful lightning of His terrible swift sword;
His truth is marching on.
Glory! glory, hallelujah!
Glory! glory, hallelujah!
His truth is marching on.
2 I have seen Him in the watch-fires of a hundred circling camps;
They have builded Him an altar in the evening dews and damps;
I have read His righteous sentence by the dim and flaring lamps;
His day is marching on.
Glory! glory, hallelujah!
Glory! glory, hallelujah!
His day is marching on.
3 He has sounded forth His trumpet that shall never sound retreat;
He is sifting out the hearts of men before His judgment seat.
O be swift, my soul, to answer Him! be jubilant, my feet!
Our God is marching on.
Glory! glory, hallelujah!
Glory! glory, hallelujah!
Our God is marching on.
4 In the beauty of the lilies Christ was born across the sea,
With a glory in His bosom that transfigures you and me;
As He died to make men holy, let us die to make men free;
While God is marching on.
Glory! glory, hallelujah!
Glory! glory, hallelujah!
While God is marching on.
| Text Information | |
|---|---|
| First Line: | Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord |
| Title: | Battle Hymn of the Republic |
| Author: | Julia Ward Howe |
| Refrain First Line: | Glory! glory, hallelujah! |
| Language: | English |
| Publication Date: | 1916 |
| CCLI Number: | 24133 |
| Notes: | Public Domain. |
| Tune Information | |
|---|---|
| Name: | [Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord] |
| Key: | B♭ Major |
| Source: | "Glory, Hallelujah" |
| Notes: | Public Domain. |