O Very God of Very God by John Mason Neale WALSALL—Anchors’ Collection of Psalm Tunes, 1721 (arr. attr. to Henry Purcell) BANGOR—William Tans’ur NOTTINGHAM—Jeremiah Clark O Very God of Very God 1 O very God of very God, And very Light of Light, Whose feet this earth’s dark valley Trod that so it might be bright: 2 Our hopes are weak, our fears are strong, Thick darkness blinds our eyes; Cold is the night; thy people long That thou, their Sun wouldst rise. 3 And even now, though dull and gray,