Text: | I Vow to Thee, My Country |
Author: | Sir Cecil Spring-Rice (1859-1918) |
Tune: | THAXTED (Holst) |
Composer: | Gustav Holst (1874-1934) |
1 I vow to thee, my country, all earthly things above,
Entire and whole and perfect, the service of my love:
The love that asks the reason, the love that stands the test,
That lays upon the altar the dearest and the best;
The love that never falters, the love that pays the price,
The love that makes undaunted the final sacrifice.
2 And there’s another country, I’ve heard of long ago,
Most dear to them that love her, most great to them that know;
We may not count her armies, we may not see her King;
Her fortress is a faithful heart, her pride is suffering;
And one by one and fervently we pray for her increase,
And her ways are ways of gentleness, and all her paths are peace.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | I vow to thee, my country, all earthly things above |
Title: | I Vow to Thee, My Country |
Author: | Sir Cecil Spring-Rice (1859-1918) (1918; alt.) |
Meter: | 13.13.13.13.13.13. |
Publication Date: | 1985 |
Topic: | Christan Life: Love of Country |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | THAXTED (Holst) |
Composer: | Gustav Holst (1874-1934) |
Meter: | 13.13.13.13.13.13. |
Incipit: | 35617 51217 67653 |
Key: | B♭ Major |
Source: | From The Planets, 1918 |
Copyright: | Music copyright © J. Curwen & Sons. Used by permission of G. Schirmer, Inc., U.S.A. agents. |