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...
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