Judith Bingham
The Clouded Heaven
- Composer
- Judith Bingham (b. 1952)
- Words by
- Lancelot Andrewes, William Wordsworth
- Category
- Anthem
- Forces
- Choir
- Scoring
- Voicing: SATB
- Accompaniment
- organ
- Language
- English
- Difficulty
- Moderate
- Publisher
- Peters
Text: Be with me Lord, and speed me on my way, Thou who didst speed the way of the Wise men by the leading of a star. I could not lightly pass through the same gateways, Sleep where they had slept, wake where they waked. I was the Dreamer, they the Dream. If thy Presence go not with me, Let the stars come out the clouded heaven. Blot out O Lord as a thick cloud of night our transgressions, And bring us safely home again.
Suggested for
- Last Sunday after Epiphany · Year A — reflects on the day’s overall theme
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