The Funeral service for His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh
St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, 17 April 2021

William Whiting (1825–78)
Melita by J. B. Dykes (1823–76)
Arranged by James Vivian (b. 1974)

Miriam Allan, soprano
Tom Liliburn, Nick Madden and Simon Whiteley, lay clarks
James Vivian, conductor
Luke Bond, organist

ETERNAL Father, strong to save,
Whose arm doth bind the restless wave,
Who bidd’st the mighty ocean deep
Its own appointed limits keep;
O hear us when we cry to thee
For those in peril on the sea.

O Saviour, whose almighty word
The winds and waves submissive heard,
Who walkedst on the foaming deep,
And calm amid its rage didst sleep:
O hear us when we cry to thee
For those in peril on the sea.

O sacred Spirit, who didst brood
Upon the chaos dark and rude,
Who bad’st its angry tumult cease,
And gavest light and life and peace:
O hear us when we cry to thee
For those in peril on the sea.

O Trinity of love and power,
Our brethren shield in danger’s hour;
From rock and tempest, fire and foe,
Protect them whereso’er they go:
And ever let there rise to thee
Glad hymns of praise from land and sea.

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