The Choir of St. John the Baptist, Devizes
sing Evensong at St. Paul’s Cathedral
4th January 2017
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The Temple of St. Paul’s, at Evensong;
The voices of our little children ring
In tones divine, as through the ages long
Our fathers, mothers, brothers, sisters sing
How lofty, lowly, wide, and deep, and high
The mystery, the magnitude, the sound
How thunderous, the whispered gilded sigh
Of doves that fall from dome to holy ground
On altar bright; what sacrifice is this
This mass of light, this sungen density
This quantum quality, this ancient bliss
That renders speechless such a man as me
I fall upon my knees upon the floor
Sing, children, songs as these, for evermore
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© Gail Foster 6th January 2017
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