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Here is thy footstool

and there rest thy feet

where live the poorest,

and lowliest, and lost.

 

When I try to bow to thee,

my obeisance cannot reach down

to the depth where thy feet rest

among the poorest, and lowliest, and lost.

 

Pride can never approach

to where thou walkest

in the clothes of the humble

among the poorest, and lowliest, and lost.

 

My heart can never find its way

to where thou keepest company

with the companionless

among the poorest, the lowliest, and the lost.

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in brown book: Five Centuries of Choral Music

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Composer
Paul Creston
Lyricist
Rabindranath Tagore

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Language(s)
English

Musicality

Instrumentation
A Cappella
Voicing
SATB
Rote
Solo

Music

Publisher
G. Schirmer
Copy type
Octavo
Sheet music
Five Centuries of Choral Music

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