poem later adapted as hymn "I Vow to Thee, My Country"

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"I Vow to Thee, My Country" is a patriotic British text, later set to music by Gustav Holst, that expresses devotion and sacrifice to one’s nation and to a higher, spiritual realm.

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instanceOf hymn ⓘ
poem ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Urbs Dei ⓘ
associatedWith British patriotism ⓘ
First World War remembrance ⓘ
author Cecil Spring Rice ⓘ
basedOn poem "Urbs Dei" ⓘ
composer Gustav Holst ⓘ
composerOfSourceWork Gustav Holst ⓘ
copyrightStatus public domain in many jurisdictions ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
dateOfMusicalSetting 1921 ⓘ
dateOfTextRevision 1918 ⓘ
firstLine I vow to thee, my country, all earthly things above ⓘ
genre Christian hymn ⓘ
patriotic poem ⓘ
hasPerspective dual loyalty to nation and God ⓘ
includedIn Songs of Praise ⓘ
various Anglican hymnals ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricist Cecil Spring Rice ⓘ
meter 13.13.13.13.D (approximate) ⓘ
movementOfSourceWork Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity ⓘ
musicNationality British ⓘ
notablePerformance Remembrance Sunday services at the Cenotaph, London ⓘ
funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales ⓘ
originalTitle Urbs Dei ⓘ
periodOfComposition early 20th century ⓘ
placeOfTuneNameOrigin Thaxted, Essex ⓘ
publicationYear 1921 ⓘ
religiousTradition Anglicanism ⓘ
secondVerseFocus heavenly kingdom ⓘ
setToMusicBy Gustav Holst ⓘ
structure three verses ⓘ
textNationality British ⓘ
theme Christian faith ⓘ
heavenly kingdom ⓘ
patriotism ⓘ
self‑sacrifice ⓘ
tuneName Thaxted ⓘ
usedIn Remembrance services in the United Kingdom ⓘ
funerals of notable British figures ⓘ
state occasions in the United Kingdom ⓘ
usesMelodyFrom Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity ⓘ
The Planets ⓘ

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Cecil Spring Rice → wrote → poem later adapted as hymn "I Vow to Thee, My Country" ⓘ