The Lord descended from above,
And bow'd the Heavens high,
And underneath his Feet he cast
The Darkness of the Sky.

On [Cherubs and on Cherubims]1
Full royally he rode,
And on the Wings of mighty Winds
Came flying all abroad.

About the headline (FAQ)

View original text (without footnotes)
A source from 1739 indicates this is an "antient translation of the Psalms"
¹ Dyson: "Cherubim and Seraphim"

Text Authorship:

• by Thomas Sternhold (d. 1549) [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

[ None yet in the database ]

The text above (or a part of it) is used in the following settings:

• by George Dyson (1883 - 1964), "O whither shall my troubled muse incline", 1945-1949, from Quo Vadis: a Cycle of Poems, no. 3
  • View the full text. [sung text checked 1 time]
    

Researcher for this page: Harry Joelson

This text was added to the website: 2011-03-11
Line count: 8
Word count: 41