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The composer of the tune was at the time organist of Lancing College and it is in that tradition of the stately tune imagined in the first place for a full chapel of young male voices. It has a thrilling lift as the key changes at the beginning of the second half of the verse and this corresponds to a lift in the meaning of the words at that point.
from notes by Alan Luff © 2004