(tune: The Harp That Once)
The secret pulse of freedom throbs
In every human heart:
From martyr, mystic, heretic
The song of freedom rang.
The holy day was made for us
Not us for holy day. [1]
And human laws should shield from harm
Not cage the human heart.
The sacred rose of love divine
Blooms in awakened hearts;
From each to each the answering sign
Leaps like enkindled flame -
Love knows no bounds, not even death -
It lightens every hour;
For to all true philosophers
The whole wide Earth is home. [2]
When reason sings in harmony
With intuition's tune
And light the darkness shall embrace
In deep soul alchemy
Then shall the Earth with freedom ring:
And all Her children sing:
"Love and peace shall be our sole creed
And banish human greed."
by Yvonne Aburrow
[1] Yeshua: "The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath." (Mark 2:27)
[2] Giordano Bruno: "Al vero filosofo ogni terreno e patria."
2 comments:
Woohoo! Just heard that this will be number 493 in Sing Your Faith! the new Unitarian hymn collection.
Actually it's number 164, but it is in the book and I have actually seen it. Very exciting.
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