Text: | O God of Earth and Altar |
Adapter: | P. Blood-Patterson |
Author: | Gilbert Keith Chesterton |
Tune: | LLANGLOFFAN |
Composer: | David Evans |
1 O God of earth and altar,
Bow down and hear our cry;
Our earthly rulers falter,
Our people drift and die;
The walls of gold entomb us,
The swords of scorn divide;
Take not thy thunder from us,
But take away our pride.
2 From all that terror teaches,
From lies of tongue and pen,
From all the easy speeches
That comfort cruel men;
From sale and profanation
Of honor, and the sword
From sleep and from damnation
Deliver us good Lord.
3 Tie in a living tether
Poor home and mighty hall;
Bind all our lives together,
Transform and save us all;
In ire and exultation
Aflame with faith, and free,
Lift up a living nation
With hearts made one in thee!
Text Information | |
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First Line: | O God of earth and altar |
Title: | O God of Earth and Altar |
Author: | Gilbert Keith Chesterton |
Adapter: | P. Blood-Patterson |
Meter: | 7.6.7.6.D. |
Publication Date: | 1996 |
Topic: | Equality; Human Family; Justice(1 more...) |
Copyright: | © 1906 Oxford University Press |
Notes: | Now Public Domain |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | LLANGLOFFAN |
Composer: | David Evans (1927) |
Meter: | 7.6.7.6.D. |
Key: | g minor |
Source: | Traditional Welsh melody |
Copyright: | © 1927 Oxford University Press |