Gustav Holst - Let all mortal flesh keep silence - текст песни (слова)

Let all mortal flesh keep silence
 And with fear and trembling stand;
 Ponder nothing earthly-minded,
 For with blessing in his hand
 Christ our Lord to earth descendeth
 Our full homage to demand.
 
 King of Kings, yet born of Mary,
 As of old on earth he stood,
 Lord of Lords, in human vesture,
 In the body and the blood
 He will give to all the faithful
 His own self for heav'nly food.
 
 Rank on rank the host of heaven
 Spreads his vanguard on the way,
 As the light of light descendeth
 From the realms of endless day,
 That the pow'rs of hell may vanish
 As the darkness clears away.
 
 At his feet the six wing'd seraph;
 Cherubim with sleepless eye
 Veil their faces to the presence
 As with ceaseless voice they cry,
 Alleluia, alleluia,
 Alleluia, Lord most high.
 Amen.