Be thou my vision

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Title:	Be thou my vision
Text:	Ancient Irish, tr. Mary Elizabeth Byrne, 1905
Tune:	SLANE
Music:	Irish melody, 1909; arr. Martin Shaw, 1931
Key:	E-flat major
Meter:	10.10.9.10
Date Added:	2021/01/13

Lyrics

Be thou my vision, O Lord of my heart;
naught be all else to me save that thou art.
Thou my best thought, by day or by night,
waking or sleeping thy presence my light.

Be thou my wisdom, be thou my true word;
I ever with thee, and thou with me, Lord.
Thou my great Ma-ker, thy child may I be,
thou in me dwelling, and I one with thee.

Be thou my buckler, my sword for the fight.
Be thou my dignity, thou my delight,
thou my soul's shelter, thou my high tower.
Raise thou me heav'nward, O Pow'r of my pow'r.

Riches I heed not, nor vain, empty praise;
thou mine inheritance, now and always.
Thou and thou only, first in my heart,
high King of heaven, my treasure thou art.

High King of heaven, when vict'ry is won
may I reach heaven's joys, O bright heav'n's Sun!
Heart of my heart, whatever befall,
still be my vision, O Ruler of all.

Alternate words

Lord of all hopefulness

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