Tune: Regent Square
('Lord of beauty, thine the splendour')
Revelation 21 v.22-27
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New Jerusalem, the city
There no need of temple be
For the Lord God He Almighty
And the Lamb (Christ) the temple be
Holy dwelling, inhabitants
God's presence they know and sense
And there no need of sun or moon
To shine in it to illume
For the glory of God its light
Shines there eternally bright
Here the Rapture, sin, dark, gloom gone
Presence strong of Christ the Son
The nations of them which are saved
Shall walk in that light, it paved
By the Lamb, He be God's own Son
Salvation for all has won
Rulers of the earth do bring their
Honour, glory there to share
The gates of of it shall not shut be
By day, and no night there, see
Honour, glory of the nations
They shall bring into it, sons
And daughter of light shall reisde
There, for ever shall abide
Nothing at all that does defile
Nor of abominable
Nor no lies. these things not enter
Into that city, 'tis sure
Only they that are written in
Lamb's book of life, without sin
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Author:
orchidee (
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- Comment from author about the poem: A hymn-poem in 8.7.8.7.8.7. metre. Time for a bit of Rapture!
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Some readers will know the tune REGENT SQUARE as a Christmas carol beginning "Angels from the realms of glory" (Episcopal hymnal 93, UMC hymnal 220). Long meter with refrain, or 87.87.87. Your text doesn't follow this meter.
Oops - forgot you're in the UK. Hymns Ancient & Modern Revised 279 and 573. All my references to the tune have different texts.
I'm probably in A&M book! The 'Angels' hymn makes do with its first line as the Hymn and tune name, in some cases. I don't know all this off-hand. I look up hymn sites, etc.
I have hard copies of the hymnals I mentioned, so I looked them up there. I'm a shape note singer, so I have a shelf full of such things.
Orchi, I don't have a clue about meters, 8-7, 15-21, or any other numbers. I just like the way you write!
Thanks Fred. Oh, 'metre' is just the name of how many syllables per line, I think. It's like bingo sometimes, if there is a Chorus included too - all them numbers.
I have to know about hymn metrics, because I'm a shape note singer, and occasionally write new texts for old tunes, and more often read (and sing) other people's. I know one singer who's translating English hymns into Esperanto. My knowledge of Esperanto is fairly minimal, but I sing them and then tell him I think they work.
I don't get as far as shape notes!
Good one Orchi.
In spite of what Robert has said I can sing the words quite easily to the tune, so you are correct.
Andy
Thanks Gold. Though, yes, there is that 'Regent Square' tune name to the 'Angels....' hymn. I don't enough about music to say more.
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