The Cambridge Carol Book/'Twas in the year that King Uzziah died

by George Ratcliffe Woodward

On Trinity Sunday and at Other Times

XLIX. "TWAS IN THE YEAR THAT KING UZZIAH DIED

'Twas in the year that King Uzziah died,
A vision by Isaiah was espied:
A lofty throne—The Lord was set thereon;
And with His glory all the temple shone.
Bright Seraphim were standing round about,
Six wings had every of that quire devout.
With twain he awesome veil'd his face, and so
With twain he dreadful veil'd his feet below,
With twain did he now hither, thither fly:
And thus aloud did one to other cry:
'Holy is God, the Lord of Sabaoth:
Holy is God, the Lord of Sabaoth,
Holy is God, the Lord of Sabaoth,
Full of His glory are earth and heaven, both.'
And at their cry the lintels moved apace,
And clouds of incense fill'd the Holy Place.