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Herbert Howells - Take him, earth, for cherishing - Downtown voices - Stephen Sands, conductor
an class="view_more">Herbert Howells - Take him, earth, for cherishing
Downtown voices
Stephen Sands, conductor
Trinity Church, NYC
Text translated by Helen Waddell, from a 4th-century poem by Aurelius Clemens Prudentius:
Take him, earth, for cherishing,
to thy ... ore_link" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="$(this).getParent().getNext().style.display='';$(this).getParent().style.display='none';">morean>an class="view_more" style="display:none;">Herbert Howells - Take him, earth, for cherishing
Downtown voices
Stephen Sands, conductor
Trinity Church, NYC
Text translated by Helen Waddell, from a 4th-century poem by Aurelius Clemens Prudentius:
Take him, earth, for cherishing,
to thy tender breast receive him.
Body of a man I bring Thee,
noble even in its ruin.
Once was this a spirit’s dwelling,
by The breath of God created.
High The heart that here was beating,
Christ The prince of all its living.
Guard him well, The dead I give Thee,
not unmindful of his creature
shall he ask it: he who made it
symbol of his mystery.
Comes The hour God hath appointed
to fulfil The hope of men,
Then must thou, in very fashion,
what I give, return again.
Not though ancient time decaying
wear away These bones to sand,
ashes that a man might measure
in The hollow of his hand:
Not though wandering winds and idle,
drifting through The empty sky,
scatter dust was nerve and sinew,
is it given to man to die.
Once again The shining... lessan>
