No longer of him be it said, He hath no place to lay his head

No longer of him be it said, He hath no place to lay his head

Author: Joyce Kilmer
Tune: SHELTERING WING
Published in 8 hymnals

Printable scores: PDF, MusicXML
Audio files: MIDI

Representative Text

1. No longer of Him be it said,
He hath no place to lay His head;
In every land a constant lamp
Flames by His small and mighty camp.

2. There is no strange and distant place
That is not gladdened by His face;
And every nation kneels to hail
The Splendor shining through its veil.

3. Imprisoned for His love of me
He makes my spirit greatly free;
And through my lips that uttered sin
The King of Glory enters in.

Source: The Cyber Hymnal #4578

Author: Joyce Kilmer

Joyce Kilmer (born as Alfred Joyce Kilmer; 6 December 1886 – 30 July 1918) was an American writer and poet mainly remembered for a short poem titled "Trees" (1913), which was published in the collection Trees and Other Poems in 1914. Though a prolific poet whose works celebrated the common beauty of the natural world as well as his Roman Catholic religious faith, Kilmer was also a journalist, literary critic, lecturer, and editor. While most of his works are largely unknown, a select few of his poems remain popular and are published frequently in anthologies. Several critics—including both Kilmer's contemporaries and modern scholars—have disparaged Kilmer's work as being too simple and overly sentimental, and suggested that his style… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: No longer of him be it said, He hath no place to lay his head
Author: Joyce Kilmer
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

Timeline

Media

The Cyber Hymnal #4578
  • Adobe Acrobat image (PDF)
  • Noteworthy Composer score (NWC)
  • XML score (XML)

Instances

Instances (1 - 8 of 8)

American Student Hymnal #d196

Christian Worship #305

Page Scan

Hymns for the Living Age #175

Hymns of the Christian Life #d254

Hymns of the Christian Life #d251

Page Scan

Hymns of the Christian Life #169

TextScoreAudio

The Cyber Hymnal #4578

Page Scan

The School Hymnal #102

Exclude 7 pre-1979 instances
Suggestions or corrections? Contact us