Beneath our feet and o’er our head

Beneath our feet and o’er our head. Reginald Heber* (1783-1826).  This was entitled ‘At a Funeral’. It was published in Hymns written and adapted to the Weekly Church Sevice of the Year (1827), published by Heber’s widow Amelia following his death in India. It was one of a few hymns at the end of the sequence on the Christian Year in the Book of Common Prayer, which included two funeral hymns. It had seven stanzas: Beneath our feet and o’er our head  Is equal warning given;Beneath us lie the countless dead,  Above us is the Heaven!  Their names are graven on the stone,   Their bones are in the clay; And ere another day is gone,   Ourselves may be as they.  Death rides on every passing...