Lord of beauty, thine the splendour - Smart, Henry Thomas

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"A descant to the hymn can be found Regent Square (Alan Gray)."

◈ Genre / Form → Hymns ♬ Voicing → SATB ¶ Language → English

Parts 4

Instruments A cappella or keyboard

Pages 1

CPDL # 88344

Editor Andrew Sims

Posted 2026-02-14

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¶Lyrics / Text

Lord of beauty, thine the splendour shewn in earth and sky and sea, burning sun and moonlight tender, hill and river, flower and tree: lest we fail our praise to render touch our eyes that they may see. Lord of wisdom, whom obeying mighty waters ebb and flow, while unhasting, undelaying, planets on their courses go: in thy laws thyself displaying, teach our minds thyself to know. Lord of life, alone sustaining all below and all above, Lord of love, by whose ordaining sun and stars sublimely move: in our earthly spirits reigning, lift our hearts that we may love. Lord of beauty, bid us own thee, Lord of truth, our footsteps guide, till as Love our hearts enthrone thee, and, with vision purified, Lord of all, when all have known thee, thou in all art glorified.