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Musical Interlude

Sunday, January 23, 2022 2:43

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In the 2021-2022 American Literature course I teach to homeschoolers, excerpts from James Russell Lowell‘s poem “The Present Crisis” have appeared in our literature textbook. Reading the first stanza in our textbook excerpt brought to mind this hymn from traditional Christian liturgy, set to a particularly haunting melody. I remember singing this hymn in church — back in the days when churches had physical hymnals.

The words of the hymn speak to me in our present time. See if the words speak to you:

Additional information (worth your time):

The full poem “The Present Crisis” is HERE.

A brief review of the poem is HERE.

Also NOTE THE BACKGROUND of Russell’s poem, originally written in protest to the Mexican American War (1846-1848), but used in subsequent generations for different purposes because of the timelessness of certain lines and phrases.

Source: http://alwaysonwatch3.blogspot.com/2022/01/musical-interlude_015442769.html

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