My soul, there is a country

My soul, there is a country
Far beyond the stars,
Where stands a winged sentry
All skilful in the wars:

There, above noise and danger
Sweet Peace sits crowned with smiles
And One, born in a manger
Commands the beauteous files.

He is thy gracious friend
And, O my soul, awake!
Did in pure love descend
To die here for thy sake.

If thou canst get but thither,
There grows the flow'r of Peace,
The Rose that cannot wither,
Thy fortress and thy ease.

Leave then thy foolish ranges,
For none can thee secure
But One who never changes,
Thy God, thy life, thy cure.

by Henry Vaughan (1622-1695)

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

by Jean Mary Anderson (1939-) , "Peace", 1997, from Two Songs for Alto & Organ, no. 1.
by Gordon Ware Binkerd (1916-2003) , "Peace"
by Olivier Greif (1950-2000) , "Peace", op. 310 no. 9 (1995) [voice and piano], from Les chants de l'âme, no. 9.
by Sir Charles Hubert Hastings Parry (1848-1918) , "My soul, there is a country", from Songs of Farewell, no. 1.
by Kees Schoonenbeek , "Peace", 1989, from Three wintersongs, no. 2.

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