Composer: Gustav Holst
Author: G. Moultrie
Arranger: Vally Lasker
Publisher: Stainer & Bell
Voicing: SATB
Pages: 5
Copies: 19
Publish Date: 1921
Lyrics
Let all mortal flesh keep silence, and with fear and trembling stand;
Ponder nothing earthly minded for with blessing in his hand,
Christ our Lord to earth descendeth our full homage to demand.
King of Kings, yet born of Mary, as of old on earth He stood,
Lord of Lords, in human vesture in the Body and the Blood
He will give to all the faithful His own Self for heavenly food.
Rank on rank the host of heaven spreads its vanguard on the way
As the light of light descendeth from the realms of endless day
That the powers of hell may vanish as the darkness clears away.
At His feet the sixwinged seraph; Cherubim with sleepless eye,
Veil their faces to the Presence, as with ceaseless voice they cry,
Alleluya Lord most High. Amen.
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