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Christ in Song 312

Thy Glory Fills the Heavens

Words: R. M. McCMusic: J. H. MaunderTune: Patrin8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8.

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1Lord, thy glory fills the heavens, Earth is with its fullness stored; Unto thee be glory given, Holy, holy, holy Lord.

2Heaven is still with glory ringing, Earth takes up the angels' cry, Holy, holy, holy, singing, God of hosts, the Lord most high.

3Ever thus, in God's high praises, Brethren, let our tongues unite, While our thoughts his greatness raises, And our love his gifts requite.

4With his seraph train before him, With his holy church below, Thus unite we to adore him, Bid we thus our anthems flow.

Tune
Patrin
Also sung to
Faben (Hymns and Tunes 1886 #95)
Meter
8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8.
Scripture
Isaiah 6:3

The verse

Meter
30 · the hymnal prints 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8.
Foot
trochaic (DUM-da) · 41% of beats fit
Rhyme
A
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/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary

Verse 1

Lord, thy glory fills the heavens, Earth is with its fullness stored; Unto thee be glory given, Holy, holy, holy Lord.///˘/˘/˘/˘˘˘/˘//˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/30A

Verse 2

Heaven is still with glory ringing, Earth takes up the angels' cry, Holy, holy, holy, singing, God of hosts, the Lord most high./˘˘/˘/˘/˘//˘˘/˘//˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘///31A

Verse 3

Ever thus, in God's high praises, Brethren, let our tongues unite, While our thoughts his greatness raises, And our love his gifts requite./˘/˘///˘/˘//˘/////˘/˘/˘/˘˘/˘/˘/??33A

Verse 4

With his seraph train before him, With his holy church below, Thus unite we to adore him, Bid we thus our anthems flow.˘˘??/˘/˘˘˘/˘/˘////˘˘˘/˘/˘//˘/˘/31A

Counted by machine from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. It cannot hear emphasis or a poet’s licence, so treat it as a place to start reading, not the last word.