My love is the flaming Sword To fight through the world; Thy love is the Shield to ward And the Armour of the Lord, And the Banner of Heaven unfurled.
A song of thanksgiving
Set by Frances Allitsen (1848 - 1912), "A song of thanksgiving", published 1891 [ voice and piano ], London : Boosey & Co. [sung text not yet checked]
Note: this setting is made up of several separate texts.
Text Authorship:
- by James Thomson (1834 - 1882), no title, written 1865, appears in Sunday Up the River: An Idyll of Cockaigne, no. 16
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]Let my voice ring out and over the earth,
Through all the grief and strife,
With a golden joy in a silver mirth:
Thank God for Life!
Let my voice swell out through the great abyss
To the azure dome above,
With a chord of faith in the harp of bliss:
Thank God for Love!
Let my voice thrill out beneath and above,
The whole world through:
O my Love and Life, 0 my Life and Love,
Thank God for you!
Text Authorship:
- by James Thomson (1834 - 1882), no title, appears in Sunday Up the River: An Idyll of Cockaigne, no. 17
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]Author(s): James Thomson (1834 - 1882)