Be Thou My Vision (Key of Eb) Be Thou My Vision (Key of F)
- Words:
- 8 th cent. hymn; tr. by Mary Elizabeth Byrne, 1905; vers. Eleanor hull, 1912, alt.
- Music:
- Irish folk melody
Sheet music
- 1Be Thou my Vision,O Lord of my heart; be all else but naught to me, save that Thou art; be Thou my best thought in the day and the night, both waking and sleeping,Thy presence my light.
- 2Be Thou my Breastplate, my Sword for the fight; be Thou my whole Armor, be Thou my true Might; be Thou my soul's Shelter, be Thou my strong Tow'r,O raise Thou me heav'nward, great Pow'r of my pow'r.
- 3Riches I heed not, nor man's empty praise; be Thou mine inheritance, now and always; be Thou and Thou only the first in my heart,O High King of heaven, my Treasure Thou art.
- 4High King of heaven,Thou heaven's bright Sun,O grant me its joys, after vict'ry is won;Great Heart of my own heart, whatever befall, still be Thou my vision,O Ruler of all.
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