by Robert Seymour Bridges (1844 - 1930)
Thou, O Queen of sinless grace
Language: English
Chorus Thou, O Queen of sinless grace, Now to our prayer unfold thy face, Awake again thy beauty free. Attune our lives with high romance, With lyric, song and choric dance, With hymn and holy symphony. Our thronging strength to the ends of the earth, Shall with a myriad voicèd song go forth. To lead o'er all the world's wide ways, God's everlasting praise; And every heart inspire With the joy of man in the beauty of love's desire.
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Text Authorship:
- by Robert Seymour Bridges (1844 - 1930), no title, appears in Invocation to Music, no. 10, first published 1895 [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):
- by Charles Hubert Hastings Parry, Sir (1848 - 1918), "Thou, O Queen of sinless grace", published 1895 [ chorus and orchestra ], from Invocation to music - An Ode in Honour of Henry Purcell, no. 10 [sung text checked 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2009-07-30
Line count: 13
Word count: 79