Lee Hoiby, Hymn To The New Age by Astrodreamer published on 2013-11-14T19:42:22Z Larry King, music director and organist. Trinity Church, NYC. THROUGH THE LONG night we have come The sun is bright, the wars are done We will unite We will be one A new light has begun Smile, heaven, on our loving land Shine blessings on our fair kingdom Enrich our time to come With growing love With joy abundant And long, prosperous days. God's blessings are renewed again The face of freedom is revealed in sunlight Now sing in praise of life With poems praise With voices praise With drums, with trumpets praise God's loving kingdom come to us The gift of life and the gift of freedom Now shall peace reign Truth be revealed And all wounds be healed So was it ever meant to be Resplendant hope of humankind To follow with the dove The way of peace The way of love So shall it be So shall it be So shall it ever be. (L. H.) I wrote Hymn to the New Age in 1975, as the psychedelic breakthroughs of the late sixties began to be codified in a New Age philosophy of optimism, inclusiveness and exploration. William Ball, the director of the production of Richard III, for which the Hymn was written, required from me a finale of over-the-top magnificence and power, and for amateur voices, to boot. Lee Hoiby Genre Anthem