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Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence

LAUDA ANIMA · 8.7.8.7.8.7 · words from Liturgy of St. James (4th cent.) · music John Goss

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Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence trem earth with guard on and less the He bling sleep on u its of with Cher Spreads van bim old fear stood, eye, way, stand; the the yet tal six host born flesh 4. At 3. Rank 2. King 1. Let feet rank kings, mor And His on of all aph, en ry, lence, As wingèd of of keep ser heav Ma si sing y of less voice end and in with the the with bles cease realms bod they less the His cry: day, blood; hand, fac Light lords, noth es of in ing their the of der Veil As Lord Pon pres scend ves mind As From In For ence, eth ture, ed, earth hu light to the de man ly age for ness Our Lord clears heav'n to ia, le the own full Al As His lu dark self hom Most a ly de High! way. food. mand. God give pow'rs lu hell all earth ia, of to to Christ le the will our Al That He scend faith van lu Al ia ish ful eth, de may le the Liturgy of St. James (4th cent.), 1864 LAUDA ANIMA 8.7.8.7.8.7 John Goss, 1869

1.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.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.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.At His feet the six wingèd seraph,
Cherubim with sleepless eye,
Veil their faces to the presence,
As with ceaseless voice they cry:
Alleluia, Alleluia
Alleluia, Lord Most High!

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