Orlando Gibbons - Great King of Gods - текст песни (слова)

Great King of Gods, whose gracious hand hath led
 Our sacred sovereign head 
 Unto the place where first our bliss was bred:
 O send thine angels to his blessed side,
 And bid them there abide,
 To be at once his guardian and his guide.
 Dear be his life, all glorious be his days,
 And prospering all his ways.
 Late add thy last crown to his peace and praise,
 And when he hath outlived the world's long date,
 Let thy last change translate 
 His living flesh to thy celestial state.
 Amen.
 
 The text of the later 'Great Lord of Lords' (which can be substituted without too many underlay problems) is as follows:
 1. Great Lord of Lords, supreme immortal King,
 O give us grace to sing thy praise, 
 which makes earth, air and heav'n to ring. (Repeat Full)
 
 2. O word of God from ages unbegun,
 the Father's only Son, with Him in pow'r, in substance,
 with him in pow'r, in substance Thou art One. (Repeat Full)
 
 3. O Holy Ghost, whose care doth all embrace,
 Thy watch is o'er our race, Thou source of life,
 Thou spring of peace and grace, Thou source of life,
 [Thou spring of peace and grace, source of life,][omit from A2 solo]
 Thou spring of peace and grace. (Repeat Full)
 
 4. One living Trinity, one unseen light, The earth is Thine,
 Thy light beholds alike the bounds of depth and height,
 [the bounds] of depth and height.[omit from A1 solo] (Repeat Full)
 Amen.