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#309: The Only Son from Heaven
Nov. 10th, 2019 09:50 pmAre the feminine rhymes consistent?
Not really. Verse 1 we have heaven/given, which is slanty, but sure. 2 and 4 have masculine ones in disguise: appointed/anointed and before you/adore you. And then Verse 3 goes with spirit/unshaken, like they weren't even trying.
More ancient seers!
Yes! Except I don't think I've ever sung this, I certainly don't recall being asked about it. In this case the seers are used for the rhyme scheme and not just to avoid sexism (or find werewolves).
What about ancient spheres?
In pre-Copernican cosmology, a lot of medieval Christians understood the Earth to be at the center/bottom of the universe, and then the sun-planets moved around in orbits beyond the moon, and thus were perfect/untouched by sin, while the "fixed" stars shone in the "celestial spheres." This says "no sphere his light confining..." and it looks like it was written in the early 1500s, so around the time Copernicus was annoying people.
Not really. Verse 1 we have heaven/given, which is slanty, but sure. 2 and 4 have masculine ones in disguise: appointed/anointed and before you/adore you. And then Verse 3 goes with spirit/unshaken, like they weren't even trying.
More ancient seers!
Yes! Except I don't think I've ever sung this, I certainly don't recall being asked about it. In this case the seers are used for the rhyme scheme and not just to avoid sexism (or find werewolves).
What about ancient spheres?
In pre-Copernican cosmology, a lot of medieval Christians understood the Earth to be at the center/bottom of the universe, and then the sun-planets moved around in orbits beyond the moon, and thus were perfect/untouched by sin, while the "fixed" stars shone in the "celestial spheres." This says "no sphere his light confining..." and it looks like it was written in the early 1500s, so around the time Copernicus was annoying people.
