“Hymn to the Eternal Flame” text by Michael Dennis Browne 6/5/17

June 6, 2017

In 2005 Stephen Paulus, an American composer, and Michael Dennis Browne teamed up together to create the oratorio “To be Certain of the Dawn” commemorating the sixtieth anniversary of the liberation of death camps in Europe. “Hymn to the Eternal Flame” is drawn from this work. The music gave me tear..

Every face is in you, every voice,

Every sorrow in you.

Every pity, every love,

Every memory, woven into fire.

Every breath is in you, every cry,

Every longing in you.

Every singing, every hope,

Every healing, woven into fire.

Every heart is in you,

Every tongue, every trembling in you,

Every blessing, every soul,

Every shining, woven into fire.