I Vow to Thee, My Country

Lyrics: Sir Cecil Sping-Rice

Editor: John Henry Fowler

Gustav Holst
( 1874 - 1934 )

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I
vow
to thee, my coun - try, all
earth - ly things a bove,
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there's
ano - ther coun try I've
heard of long
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entire
and whole and per- fect, the
ser - vice of
my
love:
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Most
dear
to them that love her, most
great to them that
know;
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The
love
that asks the ques- tion, the
love
that stands the test
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We
may
not count her
ar - mies, we
may
not see her king;
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lays
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dear -est and the
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Her
for- tress is
a
faithfull heart her pride is sufferring;
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The
love
that ne- ver
fal - ters,
the
love that pays the
price,
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And
soul
by soul, and
si- lent- ly
her
shin- ing bounds in- crease,
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The
love
that
makes, un - daunt - ed, the
fin- al sac - ri fice.
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And her
ways
are ways of gen- tle- ness, and
all her paths are peace.
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