Hymn Before Action
Karl Jenkins * Track #3 On The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace
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Album The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace
Hymn Before Action by Karl Jenkins
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Karl Jenkins wrote this part of his “The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace” based on lyrics of Rudyard Kipling, giving it an big, sweeping and epic feeling, which will later-on in the mass be turned inside out by showing the real horrors of war.
Hymn Before Action Lyrics
The earth is full of anger
The seas are dark with wrath
The Nations in their harness
Go up against our path:
Ere yet we loose the legions --
Ere yet we draw the blade
Jehovah of the Thunders
Lord God of Battles, aid!
High lust and froward bearing
Proud heart, rebellious brow --
Deaf ear and soul uncaring
We seek Thy mercy now!
The sinner that forswore Thee
The fool that passed Thee by
Our times are known before Thee --
Lord, grant us strength to die!