Text: | Be thou my vision |
Paraphraser: | Eleanor Hull, 1860-1935 |
Translator: | Mary Byrne, 1880-1931 |
Tune: | SLANE |
Composer (descant): | John Wilson, 1905-1992 |
Harmonizer: | Erik Routley, 1917-1982 |
1 Be thou my vision, O Lord of my heart;
naught be all else to me, save that thou art,
thou my best thought in the day and the night,
waking or sleeping, thy presence my light.
2 Be thou my wisdom; be thou my true word,
I ever with thee and thou with me, Lord;
thou my great Father, thine own may I be,
thou in me dwelling, and I one with thee.
3 Be thou my breastplate, my sword for the fight;
be thou my armour and be thou my might;
thou my soul’s shelter and thou my high tower,
raise thou me heavenward, O Power of my power.
4 Riches I heed not, nor vain earthly praise,
thou mine inheritance, through all my days;
thou and thou only, the first in my heart,
high King of heaven, my treasure thou art!
5 High King of heaven, when the battle is done,
grant heaven’s joy to me, O bright heaven’s Sun;
heart of my own heart, whatever befall,
still be my vision, O ruler of all.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Be thou my vision, O Lord of my heart |
Title: | Be thou my vision |
Translator: | Mary Byrne, 1880-1931 |
Paraphraser: | Eleanor Hull, 1860-1935 (alt.) |
Meter: | 10 10 10 10 |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1997 |
Scripture: | ; ; ; |
Topic: | Canticles and Scripture Paraphrases; Descants and Fauxbourdons; God: Shelter / Shield(6 more...) |
Source: | Irish anonymous, 8th century |
Copyright: | Translation, paraphrase © Chatto and Windus Ltd. |
Notes: | Now Public Domain |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | SLANE |
Harmonizer: | Erik Routley, 1917-1982 |
Composer (descant): | John Wilson, 1905-1992 |
Meter: | 10 10 10 10 |
Key: | E♭ Major |
Source: | Irish traditional |
Copyright: | Harmony © 1975 by Hope Publishing Company; Descant © 1983 by Hope Publishing Company |