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Be Ye Lamps unto Yourselves

Hymn composed by

The Sarum Antiphonal

Contextual information

This hymn appears as #184 in Singing the Living Tradition.

This hymn appears as #184 in Singing the Living Tradition.

Tune Name

LUMINA

Tune Name

Text Meter

Irregular

10.9.10.9

Song Composer

The Sarum Antiphonal

Lyricist

Gautama Buddha

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Lyrics

Be ye lamps unto yourselves;

be your own confidence;

hold to the truth within yourselves

as to the only lamp.

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