At the request of the publisher Curwen, Holst made a version as a unison song with orchestra (Curwen also published Sir Hubert Parry's unison song with orchestra, " Jerusalem"). The music was extended slightly to fit the final two lines of the first verse. In 1921, Gustav Holst adapted the music from a section of Jupiter from his suite The Planets to create a setting for the poem. Problems playing this file? See media help. Hymns Ancient & Modern, New Standard EditionĬommon Praise: A new edition of Hymns Ancient and Modern The Book of Common Praise: being the hymn book of The Church of England in Canada It was included in later hymnals, including: Publication It was performed as a unison song with orchestra in the early 1920s, and it was finally published as a hymn in 1925/6 in the Songs of Praise hymnal (no. The poem circulated privately for a few years until it was set to music by Holst, to a tune he adapted from his Jupiter to fit the words of the poem. The text of the original poem was sent by Spring Rice to William Jennings Bryan in a letter shortly before his death in February 1918. Īccording 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 first verse in both versions invoke Britain (in the 1912 version, anthropomorphised as Britannia with sword and shield in the second version, simply called "my country") the second verse, the Kingdom of Heaven. Shortly before his departure from the US in January 1918, he re-wrote and renamed " Urbs Dei ", significantly altering the first verse to concentrate on the themes of love and sacrifice rather than "the noise of battle" and "the thunder of her guns", creating a more sombre tone in view of the loss of life suffered in the Great War. After the United States entered the war, he was recalled to Britain. In 1912, he was appointed as Ambassador to the United States of America, where he influenced the administration of Woodrow Wilson to abandon neutrality and join Britain in the war against Germany. In 1908, Spring Rice was posted to the British Embassy in Stockholm. The poem described how a Christian owes his loyalties to both his homeland and the heavenly kingdom. Leela thinks of her friends no longer on Gallifrey: Romana, Narvin ( AUDIO: Homecoming) and Ace.The origin of the hymn's text is a poem by diplomat Sir Cecil Spring Rice, written in 1908 or 1912, entitled " Urbs Dei " ("The City of God") or "The Two Fatherlands".Lord President Rassilon is ruling over the Citadel.( TV: The Invasion of Time AUDIO: The Apocalypse Element) The General recalls that, before the Last Great Time War, the Time Lords could easily vanquish any invading foes. Leela remembers that Gallifrey has an " ember" sky and the sound of wind blowing through silver branches.
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