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According to Sir Cecil's granddaughter, the rewritten verse of 1918 was never intended to appear alongside the first verse of the original poem but was replacing it; the original first verse is nevertheless sometimes known as the "rarely sung middle verse". The text of the original poem was sent by
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to create a setting for the poem. The music was extended slightly to fit the final two lines of the first verse. At the request of the publisher Curwen, Holst made a version as a unison song with orchestra (Curwen also published Sir
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In 2013, an Anglican vicar said that the hymn could be regarded as "obscene" for misrepresenting the teachings of Christ and urging on unquestioning obedience when asked to kill other human beings.
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rather than "the noise of battle" and "the thunder of her guns", creating a more sombre tone because of the loss of life suffered in the Great War. The first verse in both versions invokes
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recorded that, at "the time when he was asked to set these words to music, Holst was so over-worked and over-weary that he felt relieved to discover they 'fitted' the tune from
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The poem circulated privately for a few years until it was set to music by Holst, to a tune he adapted from his
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Texts: Contemporary Cultural Texts and Critical Approaches: Contemporary Cultural Texts and Critical Approaches
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In 1926, Holst harmonised the tune to make it usable as a hymn, which was included in the hymnal
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with sword and shield; in the second version, simply called "my country"); the second verse, the
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in 1981, saying that it had "always been a favourite since schooldays". It was also sung at her
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song with orchestra in the early 1920s, and it was finally published as a hymn in 1925/6 in the
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criticised the hymn in a diocese newsletter, calling it "heretical" because of its
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The Book of Common Praise: being the hymn book of The Church of England in Canada
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set to it. The music originated as a wordless melody, which Holst later named "
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where Holst lived for many years). The editor of the new (1926) edition of
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Vaughan Williams & Shaw, Songs of Praise, Oxford University Press 1926
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memorial ceremonies, especially after it was published as a hymn in 1926.
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in 1997 and her tenth-year memorial service in 2007. It was sung at the
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And her ways are ways of gentleness, and all her paths are peace.
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The mention of "increasing bounds" recalls a similar phrase in
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The love that asks no questions, the love that stands the test,
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Thaxted played on pipe organ by uploader (Duration: 1 min 34 s)
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Most dear to them that love her, most great to them that know;
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The sword and helmet were among the customary attributes of
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O Little Town: Hymn-tunes and the places that inspired them
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And soul by soul and silently her shining bounds increase,
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The love that never falters, the love that pays the price,
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This memorial is poetic justice for Sir Cecil Spring-Rice
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derive their titles from the words of the second stanza.
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Her fortress is a faithful heart, her pride is suffering;
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Her sword is girded at her side, her helmet on her head,
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The origin of the hymn's text is a poem by diplomat Sir
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in a letter shortly before his death in February 1918.
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For uses of the tune Thaxted without these words, see
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Across the waste of waters, she calls and calls to me.
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on 17 April 2013. Similarly, it was used both at the
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First performed in 1921, it is still associated with
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And around her feet are lying the dying and the dead;
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We may not count her armies, we may not see her King;
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Entire and whole and perfect, the service of my love;
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The Letters and Friendships of Sir Cecil Spring Rice
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I hear the noise of battle, the thunder of her guns;
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And there's another country, I've heard of long ago,
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I vow to thee, my country, all earthly things above,
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Index

Hymn
Cecil Spring Rice
Thaxted
Gustav Holst
Ralph Vaughan Williams
British
Gustav Holst
Sir Cecil Spring Rice
Thaxted
The Planets

Cecil Spring Rice
British Embassy in Stockholm
Woodrow Wilson
neutrality
Germany
love
sacrifice
Britain
Britannia
Kingdom of Heaven
William Jennings Bryan
unison
Songs of Praise
Thaxted (tune)

The tune "Thaxted"
The Planets
Hymn version of Thaxted
media help

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