Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence

Verse 1

Let all mortal flesh
keep silence,
and with fear and
trembling stand;

ponder nothing
earthly minded,
for with blessing
in his hand,

Christ our God to earth
descendeth,
our full homage
to demand.

Verse 2

King of kings, yet
born of Mary,
as of old on
earth he stood,

Lord of lords, in
human vesture,
in the body
and the blood;

he will give to
all the faithful
his own self
for heavenly food.

Verse 3

Rank on rank
the host of heaven
spreads its vanguard
on the way,

as the Light of
light descendeth
from the realms of
endless day,

that the powers of
hell may vanish
as the darkness
clears away.

Verse 4

At his feet
the six-winged seraph,
cherubim, with
sleepless eye,

veil their faces
to the presence,
as with ceaseless
voice they cry:

Alleluia, Alleluia,
Alleluia,
Lord Most High!