Gird on thy sword (Gustav Holst)

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•  Posted on 2026-03-22(Posted 2026-03-22)  CPDL #88715:   

Editor: Douglas Walczak (submitted 2026-03-22).   Score information: Letter, 6 pages, 78 kB   Copyright: Personal

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Title: Gird on thy sword
Composer: Gustav Holst
Lyricist: Robert Bridges
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Anthem

Language: English
Instruments: Organ

First published: 1927
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English text

1. Gird on thy sword, O man, thy strength endue,
In fair desire thine earth-born joy renew.
Live thou thy life beneath the making sun
Till Beauty, Truth, and Love in thee are one.

2. Thro' thousand ages hath thy childhood run:
On timeless ruin hath thy glory been:
From the forgotten night of loves fordone
Thou risest in the dawn of hopes unseen.

3. Higher and higher shall thy thoughts aspire,
Unto the stars of heaven, and pass away,
And earth renew the buds of thy desire
In fleeting blooms of everlasting day.

4. Thy work with beauty crown, thy life with love;
Thy mind with truth uplift to God above;
For whom all is, from whom was all begun,
In whom all Beauty, Truth, and Love are one.