Poem: Antiphon

Let All the World in Ev'ry Corner Sing, My God and King!Antiphon is a poem by George Herbert (1593–1633). It was published posthumously in 1633 as part of the collection, The Temple. In 1911, the British composer Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) published Five Mystical Songs, a setting of five of Herbert's poems from The Temple. Williams' Antiphon (featured in the following video), along with three other poems from Five Mystical Songs: The Call, Easter, and Love are included in the Religious Poems Appendix of the Divine Office (1974). From Five Mystical Songs - "Antiphon" begins at 7:40ANTIPHON I by George Herbert, 1633 (Public Domain)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 flie:           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 doore 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.