| Text information | |
|---|---|
| First Line: | Be thou my vision, O Lord of my heart |
| Title: | Be Thou My Vision |
| Versifier: | Eleanor Hull (1912, alt.) |
| Translator: | Mary Byrne (1905) |
| Meter: | 10 10.9 10 dactylic (irregular) |
| Topic: | Victory; Consecration; God | Guide; God | King; Youth; God | Law; Vision |
| Source: | Rob to mo bhoile, ancient Irish poem |
| Language: | English |
| Copyright: | Versification used by permission of the Estate of Eleanor Hull and Chatto & Windus, Ltd. |
| Tune information | |
|---|---|
| Tune name: | SLANE |
| Harmonizer: | David Evans (1927) |
| Meter: | 10 10.9 10 dactylic (irregular) |
| Key: | E♭ Major |
| Source: | Irish folk melody |
| Copyright: | Harmonization from the Revised Church Hymnry 1927, used by permission of Oxford University Press |