Antiphon (I)

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Antiphon (I) by George Herbert

 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 fly: 
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 door 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.'

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