Text: | Be Thou My Vision |
Translator: | Mary E. Byrne, 1880-1391 |
Versifier: | Eleanor H. Hull, 1860-1935 |
Tune: | SLANE |
Harmonizer: | Carlton R. Young, 1926- |
1 Be thou my vision, O God of my heart;
naught be all else to me, save that thou art.
Thou my best thought, by day or by night,
waking or sleeping, thy presence my light.
2 Be thou my wisdom, and thou my true word;
I ever with thee and thou with me God;
thou my soul’s shelter, thou my high tower.
raise thou me heavenward, O Power of my power.
3 Riches I heed not, nor world's empty praise,
thou my inheritance, now and always;
thou and thou only, first in my heart,
Sov'reign of heaven, my treasure thou art.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Be thou my vision, O God of my heart |
Title: | Be Thou My Vision |
Translator: | Mary E. Byrne, 1880-1391 |
Versifier: | Eleanor H. Hull, 1860-1935 (alt.) |
Meter: | 10.10.9.10. |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1993 |
Topic: | Transcending Mystery and Wonder: Praise and Transcendence; Faith; God, Goddess, and Spirit |
Source: | Ancient Irish |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | SLANE |
Harmonizer: | Carlton R. Young, 1926- |
Meter: | 10.10.9.10. |
Key: | E♭ Major |
Source: | Traditional Irish melody |
Copyright: | Harmony renewal © 1992 Abingdon Press |