Land of Hope and Glory (Edward Elgar)

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• (Posted 2022-12-29)  CPDL #72049:     

Editor: Douglas Walczak (submitted 2022-12-29).   Score information: Letter, 10 pages, 141 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: arranged for SATB chorus by Arthur Fagge (1864 - 1943).

General Information

Title: Land of Hope and Glory
Composer: Edward Elgar
Lyricist: Arthur Christopher Benson
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Unknown

Language: English
Instruments: Piano

First published: 1914
Description: 

Original text and translations

English text

Dear Land of Hope, thy hope is crowned,
God make thee mightier yet!
On Sov'ran brows, beloved, renowned,
Once more thy crown is set.
Thine equal laws, by Freedom gained,
Have ruled thee well and long;
By Freedom gained, by Truth maintained,
Thine Empire shall be strong.

Chorus
Land of Hope and Glory, Mother of the Free,
How shall we extol thee, who are born of thee?
Wider still and wider shall thy bounds be set;
God, who made thee mighty, make thee mightier yet,
God, who made thee mighty, make thee mightier yet.

Thy fame is ancient as the days,
As Ocean large and wide:
A pride that dares, and heeds not praise,
A stern and silent pride;
Not that false joy that dreams content
With what our sires have won;
The blood a hero sire hath spent
Still nerves a hero son.

Chorus