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Be Thou My Vision

October 10, 2012 by memullin

Be Thou my Vision, O Lord of my heart;
Naught be all else to me, save that Thou art
Thou my best Thought, by day or by night,
Waking or sleeping, Thy presence my light.
 

Be Thou my Wisdom, and Thou my true Word;
I ever with Thee and Thou with me, Lord;
Thou my great Father, I Thy true son;
Thou in me dwelling, and I with Thee one.

Be Thou my battle Shield, Sword for the fight;
Be Thou my Dignity, Thou my Delight;
Thou my soul’s Shelter, Thou my high Tower:
Raise Thou me heavenward, O Power of my power.
 
 Riches I heed not, nor man’s empty praise,
Thou mine Inheritance, now and always:
Thou and Thou only, first in my heart,
High King of Heaven, my Treasure

This Irish Poem was translated into English by Mary Elizabeth Byrne, a scholar in Dublin, Ireland.  Eleanor Hull of Manchester, England, another scholar, took the translation and made it into verses with rhyme and meter.  It was subsequently set to a traditional Irish folk song, “Slane,” which was named for an area in Ireland where St. Patrick reportedly challenged local Druids with the gospel.

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