Hymn:Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence
Tune:Picardy
Words:translated by J M Neale (1818-66)
translated by Gerard Moultrie (1829-85)
translated by Richard Frederick Littledale (1833-90)
Music:17th century French carol
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Verse 1
Let all mortal flesh keep silence,  
and with fear and trembling stand;  
ponder nothing earthly-minded,  
for with blessing in his hand, 
Christ our God to earth descendeth,  
our full homage to demand.  
 
Verse 2
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.  
 
Verse 3
Rank on rank the host of heaven  
spreads its 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.  
 
Verse 4
At his feet the six-winged seraph,  
cherubim, with sleepless eye,  
veil their faces to the presence,  
as with ceaseless voice they cry,  
"Alleluia, alleluia,  
alleluia, Lord Most High!" 
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