Antiphon (I)

Portrait of George Herbert
George Herbert 1593–1633

Chorus: Let all the world in ev'ry corner sing 'My God and King.'

Verse: The heav'ns are not too high, His praise may thither fly: The earth is not too low, His praises there may grow.

Chorus: Let all the world in ev'ry corner sing, 'My God and King.'

Verse: The church with psalms must shout No door can keep them out: But above all, the heart Must bear the longest part.

Chorus: Let all the world in ev'ry corner sing, 'My God and King.'

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