Starring: The First Poetry Quartet Directed By: Marshall Jamison Much of the world's most beautiful poetry has been written as reverent testaments of faith and devotion. Accompanied by the Lincoln, Nebraska, St. Paul ... more »United Methodist Church choir and organ, the members of the First Poetry Quartet present a joyous selection of poetry "In Praise of the Lord." "Processional - Christ Victorious" (excerpt) - by Caroline M. Noel
"A General Invitation to Praise" (excerpt) - by George Wither
"The Unity of God" (excerpt) - Panatattu, East Indian (10th Century)
"A Song to David" (excerpt) - by Christopher Smart
"Praise God from Whom All Blessings Flow" (Doxology) - by Thomas Ken
"Paradise Lost" (excerpt from Book VII) - by John Milton
"Morning Has Broken"- by Eleanor Farjeon
"The Morning-Watch" - by Henry Vaughan
"Pied Beauty" - by Gerard Manley Hopkins
"Robert Diesel" - by Jesse Stuart
"Gloria Patri" - Anonymous (2nd Century)
"The Altar" - by George Herbert
"The Church-Floore" - by George Herbert
'The Windows" - by George Herbert
"Psalm 23" (Paraphrase - Verses 1 and 4) - by Joseph Addison
"The Light and Glory of the Word" No. XXX from The Olney Hymns, (excerpt)- by William Cowper
"Psalm 100" - from The Bible, King James Version
"Say Not the Struggle Naught Availeth" -by Arthur Hugh Clough
"O God, Our Help in Ages Past" - by 1saac Watts
"The Whale" - by Herman Melville
"The Bhagavad-Gita" (excerpt) - from translation by Edwin Arnold
"Holy Sonnet VII" - by John Donne
"And Death Shall Have No Dominion" (excerpt) - by Dylan Thomas
"Recessional" (excerpt) - by Rudyard Kipling Seen on PBS« less