The Five Nations

God of our fathers, known of old,
Lord of our far-flung battle-line,
Beneath whose awful Hand we hold
Dominion over palm and pine -
Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet,
Lest we forget - lest we forget!

The tumult and the shouting dies;
The Captains and the Kings depart:
Still stands Thine ancient sacrifice,
An humble and a contrite heart.
Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet,
Lest we forget - lest we forget!

Far-called, our navies melt away;
On dune and headland sinks the fire:
Lo, all our pomp of yesterday
Is one with Nineveh and Tyre!
Judge of the Nations, spare us yet,
Lest we forget - lest we forget!

Amen.

by Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) , "The Five Nations"

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

by J. S. L. D. Bennett , "God of our Fathers", <<1932. [chorus and organ]
by A. Berridge , "Recessional"
by G. F. Blanchard , "God of our Fathers", published 1920. [voice and piano]
by Helen Matilda P. Bouverie (fl. 1925) , "God of our Fathers", published 1918. [voice and organ]
by Herbert Bunning (1863-1937) , "Lest we forget", published 1911. [voice and piano]
by S. Clark , "Recessional", published 1907. [chorus]
by Henry Clough-Leighter (1874-1956) , "Recessional", published 1915. [chorus]
by A. J. Humphrey Coulter , "Recessional", published 1910. [unison voices, organ, and percussion]
by D. Morgan Elliott , "Recessional", published 1912. [chorus]
by D. St. C. Fogg , "Recessional", published 1919. [voice and organ]
by Arthur Foote (1853-1937) , "Recessional", published 1915. [chorus]
by G. Foster , "Recessional", published 1918. [chorus]
by A. J. Gentry , "Recessional", published 1918. [voice and organ]
by Robert W. Gibb (1893-1964) , "God of our Fathers", <<1964. [soprano or tenor, SATB chorus, and piano or organ]
by William Wallace Gilchrist (1846-1916) , "Recessional", published 1902. [chorus and organ]
by Percy Aldridge Grainger (1882-1961) , "Recessional", 1929, published 1930 [SATBB chorus and organ ad libitum], note: sketches done in 1905
by Henry Kimball Hadley (1871-1937) , "Recessional", published 1904. [voice and piano]
by G. E. Holt , "Recessional", published 1914. [voice and organ]
by E. G. (G. E.?) Hopkins , "Recessional", published 1906. [voice and piano]
by Henry Holden Huss (1862-1953) , "God of our Fathers", published 1901. [voice and piano]
by (Henry Louis) Reginald de Koven (1859-1920) , "Recessional", published 1898.
by Charles Fonteyn Manney (1872-1951) , "Recessional", published 1907. [voice and piano]
by George Clement Martin (1844-1916) , "Recessional", published 1908. [chorus and organ]
by Holon Matthews (1904-) , "Recessional", published 1918. [mixed chorus and orchestra]
by Edward Woodall Naylor (1867-1934) , "Recessional", published 1909. [voice and organ]
by George Balch Nevin (1859-1933) , "God of our Fathers", copyright © 1900. [male quartet and piano]
by J. A. Parks , "Lest we forget", published 1922. [two-part chorus]
by Arthur A. Parmor , "Recessional" [voice and piano], from The Kipling Journal, April 1931
by Arthur A. Penn (1875-1941) , "Lest we forget", published 1925. [voice and piano]
by Harry Rowe Shelley (1858-1947) , "Recessional", published 1917. [voice and piano]
by G. C. Sterns , "God of our Fathers", published 1906. [voice and piano]
by John A. Straker (1908-) , "Lest we forget", published 1915. [voice and organ]
by Edward Thomas Sweeting (1863-1930) , "Lest we forget", published 1924. [chorus]
by A. F. Walker , "Lest we forget", copyright © 1914. [voice and organ]
by George William Warren , "God of our Fathers"
by (James) Healey Willan (1880-1968) , "Recessional", published 1928. [unison voices or SATB chorus, and piano or organ]
by Charles Wood (1866-1926) , "God of our Fathers", published 1927 [voice and organ], set to the tune "Fokkingham", in Church Hymnary
by H. H. Woodman , "Recessional", published 1900. [men's chorus]

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