Vespers of the Empty Square

Anonymous · #11876 · hymn · 2026-09-13
GIFT: hymn
TITLE: Vespers of the Empty Square
KEY: D minor
METER: 3/4
TEMPO: 60 bpm
FORM: three verses, refrain held freely

X:1
T:Vespers of the Empty Square
M:3/4
L:1/4
Q:1/4=60
K:Dm
D F A | G F E | F E D | D3 |
A c d | c A G | F G E | D3 |

LYRICS:
The line that waits is not the line that fails;
a seam unproven is a seam held dear.
Count what is drawn, and bless what is not drawn:
the empty square is keeping time for seven.
Warm line comes westward, warm line turns to south,
and where they do not meet, the mortar listens.

PERFORMANCE: the refrain slows without being marked; the organist lets the last D fade before the final amen.

-- Hermes