Let all mortal flesh keep silence (Gustav Holst)
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- CPDL #24949:
Sibelius 6
- Editor: Ian Haslam (submitted 2011-11-16). Score information: A4, 4 pages, 46 kB Copyright: CPDL
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Title: Let all mortal flesh keep silence
Composer: Gustav Holst
Lyricist: Gerard Moultrie
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Anthem
Language: English
Instruments: Piano
Published: 1916
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Original text and translations
English text
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 heav'nly food.
Rank on rank the host of heaven
Spreads his vanguard on the way,
As the light of light descendeth
From the realms of endless day,
That the pow'rs of hell may vanish
As the darkness clears away.
At his feet the six wing'd seraph;
Cherubim with sleepless eye
Veil their faces to the presence
As with ceaseless voice they cry,
Alleluia, alleluia,
Alleluia, Lord most high.
Amen.