Text: | Jerusalem the golden |
Author: | Bernard of Cluny (12h century) |
Translator: | John Mason Neale (1818-1866) |
Tune: | EWING |
Composer: | Alexander Ewing (1830-1895) |
1 Jerusalem the golden,
with milk and honey blest,
beneath thy contemplation
sink heart and voice opprest.
I know not, O I know not
what joys await us there,
what radiancy of glory,
what bliss beyond compare.
2 They stand, those halls of Sion,
conjubilant with song,
and bright with many an angel,
and all the martyr throng;
the Prince is ever with them,
the daylight is serene,
the pastures of the blessèd
are decked in glorious sheen.
3 There is the throne of David;
and there, from care released,
the shout of them that triumph,
the song of them that feast;
and they, who with their leader
have conquered in the fight,
for ever and for ever
are clad in robes of white.
4 O sweet and blessèd country,
the home of God's elect!
O sweet and blessèd country
that eager hearts expect!
Jesu, in mercy bring us
to that dear land of rest;
who art, with God the Father
and Spirit, ever blest.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Jerusalem the golden |
Latin Title: | Urbs Sion aurea |
Translator: | John Mason Neale (1818-1866) (alt.) |
Author: | Bernard of Cluny (12h century) |
Meter: | 76 76 D |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 2013 |
Scripture: | ; |
Topic: | Funerals and The Departed; All Saints' (Sun)day: Year B; Angels(8 more...) |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | EWING |
Composer: | Alexander Ewing (1830-1895) |
Meter: | 76 76 D |
Key: | C Major |