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Benson, Arthur Christopher - Land of Hope and Glory
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028291
Type of Spiritual Experience
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Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance - BBC Proms 2014
Land of Hope and Glory - Benson, Arthur Christopher (1862 - 1925)
Original Text: (1) Arthur C. Benson and Edward Elgar, Coronation Ode (London and New York: Boosey, 1902): [xi] (text) and 70-80 (music). M 1533 E38 op. 44 Music Library.
(1) 1902 Version: VI. Land of Hope and Glory. Finale (Contralto Solo and Tutti)
Land of hope and glory, Mother of the free,
How may we extol thee, who are born of thee?
Truth and Right and Freedom, each a holy gem,
Stars of solemn brightness, weave thy diadem.
Tho' thy way be darkened, still in splendour drest,
As the star that trembles o'er the liquid West.
Throned amid the billows, throned inviolate,
Though hast reigned victorious, thou has smiled at fate.
Land of hope and glory, Fortress of the free,
How may we extol thee, praise thee, honour thee?
Hark, a mighty nation maketh glad reply;
Lo, our lips are thankful, lo, our hearts are high!
Hearts in hope uplifted, loyal lips that sing;
Strong in faith and freedom, we have crowned our King!
(3) 1914 Version
Land of Hope and Glory, Mother of the Free,
How shall we extol thee, who are born of thee?
Wider still and wider shall thy bounds be set,
God, who made thee mighty, make thee mightier yet.
God, who made thee mighty, make thee mightier yet.
Thy fame is ancient as the days,
As Ocean large and wide;
A pride that dares, and heeds not praise,
A stern and silent pride.
Not that false joy that dreams content
With what our sires have won;
The blood a hero sire hath spent
Still nerves a hero son.
Land of Hope and Glory, Mother of the Free,
How shall we extol thee, who are born of thee?
Wider still and wider shall thy bounds be set,
God, who made thee mighty, make thee mightier yet.
God, who made thee mighty, make thee mightier yet.