{"slug": "let-all-mortal-flesh-keep-silence", "title": "Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence", "first_line": "Let all mortal flesh keep silence", "author_source": "Liturgy of St. James (4th cent.)", "translator": "gerard-moultrie", "author_date": "1864", "foot": "trochaic", "meter": {"pattern": [8, 7, 8, 7, 8, 7], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "topics": ["Communion", "Advent", "Reverence", "Christ, Incarnation of"], "scripture": ["Habakkuk 2:20", "Zechariah 2:13"], "provenance": {"layer": "text", "source": "moultrie-1864", "source_kind": "hand_encoded", "pd_basis": "pub_pre_1931", "pd_evidence": "From the Liturgy of St. James (4th cent., the Cherubic Hymn for the Offertory); English versification by Gerard Moultrie (1829-1885), published 1864 in Lyra Eucharistica. Public domain (pub. pre-1929).", "pd_jurisdictions": {"US": true}}, "stanzas": {"1": {"syllabified": "Let all mor -- tal flesh keep si -- lence, And with fear and trem -- bling stand; Pon -- der noth -- ing earth -- ly mind -- ed, For with bles -- sing in His hand, Christ our God to earth de -- scend -- eth, Our full hom -- age to de -- mand.", "prose": ["Let all mortal flesh keep silence,", "And with fear and trembling stand;", "Ponder nothing earthly minded,", "For with blessing in His hand,", "Christ our God to earth descendeth,", "Our full homage to demand."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "King of kings, yet born of Ma -- ry, As of old on earth He stood, Lord of lords, in hu -- man ves -- ture, In the bod -- y and the blood; He will give to all the faith -- ful His own self for heav'n -- ly food.", "prose": ["King of kings, yet born of Mary,", "As of old on earth He stood,", "Lord of lords, in human vesture,", "In the body and the blood;", "He will give to all the faithful", "His own self for heav'nly food."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "Rank on rank the host of heav -- en Spreads its van -- guard on the way, As the Light of light de -- scend -- eth From the realms of end -- less day, That the pow'rs of hell may van -- ish As the dark -- ness clears a -- way.", "prose": ["Rank on rank the host of heaven", "Spreads its vanguard on the way,", "As the Light of light descendeth", "From the realms of endless day,", "That the pow'rs of hell may vanish", "As the darkness clears away."]}, "4": {"syllabified": "At His feet the six wing\u00e8d ser -- aph, Cher -- u -- bim with sleep -- less eye, Veil their fac -- es to the pres -- ence, As with cease -- less voice they cry: Al -- le -- lu -- ia, Al -- le -- lu -- ia Al -- le -- lu -- ia, Lord Most High!", "prose": ["At His feet the six wing\u00e8d seraph,", "Cherubim with sleepless eye,", "Veil their faces to the presence,", "As with ceaseless voice they cry:", "Alleluia, Alleluia", "Alleluia, Lord Most High!"]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}