Words
Customary lyrics for the tune are:
- O Lord our God
- Be Thou our guide
- That by thy help
- No foot may slide.
An alternative lyric changes the third line:
- O Lord our God
- Be Thou our guide
- So by Thy power
- No foot shall slide.
A variation on this, to the same tune, is sung at the end of a Brownie meeting in the UK and Canada:
- Oh Lord our God
- Thy children call
- Grant us Thy peace
- And bless us all.
A lyric inscribed in the Big Ben clock room is:
- All through this hour
- Lord, be my guide
- And by Thy power
- No foot shall slide.
Read more about this topic: Westminster Quarters
Famous quotes containing the word words:
“A politician’s words reveal less about what he thinks about his subject than what he thinks about his audience.”
—George F. Will (b. 1941)
“For last year’s words belong to last year’s language
And next year’s words await another voice.”
—T.S. (Thomas Stearns)
“The Americans have many virtues, but they have not Faith and Hope. I know no two words whose meaning is more lost sight of.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)