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View the Starry Realm

Hymn composed by

Bodhana Haspel

Contextual information

Tune Name

DACHAU

Tune Name

Text Meter

8.7.8.7.7.

10.9.10.9

Song Composer

Bodhana Haspel

Hymn Arranger

Betsy Jo Angebranndt

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Lyricist Background information

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Lyrics

View the starry realm of heaven,

shining distant empires sing.

Skysong of celestial children

turns each winter into spring, turns each winter into spring.

Great you are, beyond conception,

God of gods and God of stars.

My soul soars with your perception,

I escape from prison bars, I escape from prison bars.

You, the One within all forming

in my heart and mind and breath,

you, my guide through hate’s fierce storming,

courage in both life and death, courage in both life and death.

Life is yours, in you I grow tall,

seed will come to fruit I know.

Trust that after winter’s snowfall

walls will melt and Truth will flow, walls will melt and Truth will flow.

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