Singing the Living Tradition ‎#111

111. Life of Ages

1 Life of ages, richly poured,
love of God, unspent and free,
flowing in the prophet’s word
and the people’s liberty —

2 Never was to chosen race
that unstinted tide confined;
yours is every time and place,
fountain sweet of heart and mind.

3 Breathing in the thinker’s creed,
pulsing in the hero’s blood,
nerving simplest thought and deed,
freshening time with truth and good,

4 Consecrating art and song,
holy book and pilgrim way,
quelling floods of tyrant wrong,
widening freedom’s sacred sway.

5 Life of ages, richly poured,
love of God, unspent and free,
flow still in the prophet’s word
and the people’s liberty!

Text Information

• First Line: Life of ages, richly poured
• Title: Life of Ages
• Author: Samuel Johnson, 1822-1882
• Meter: 7.7.7.7.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1993
• Topic: Words and Deeds of Prophetic Women and Men: Commitment and Action; The Arts; Freedom; Prophets

Tune Information

• Name: VIENNA
• Composer: Justin Heinrich Knecht, 1752-1817
• Meter: 7.7.7.7.
• Key: F Major or modal