June 15, 2014

Poem: O Light Invisible, We Praise Thee!

We See the Light, But See Not Whence it Comes

O Light Invisible, We Praise Thee! is an excerpt from Choruses from The Rock by T.S. Eliot (1888-1965). The Rock is a play that Elliot wrote in the form of a medieval pageant which included music by Martin Shaw and was first performed in 1934. O Light Invisible, We Praise Thee! is included in the Poems for All Seasons Appendix of the Divine Office (1974).

3 comments:

  1. Myself, I prefer to use the common Latin hymnody, although (obviously) the use of vernacular texts/melodies is an allowable option. Having said that, Eliot's poem is beautiful. Thanks!

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  2. Actually, this this happens to be the last poem I'll be posting for awhile. I'll be returning to the Latin hymns in my next posts. - Thanks for visiting.

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  3. I have been (slowly) assembling on Spotify a playlist of versions of the Latin hymns... which, if I understand it correctly, can be freely accessed by other Spotify users. May be of interest :-)

    http://open.spotify.com/user/marcpuck/playlist/6jzY0tKA25WXXpmgwiNy8I

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