I Vow to Thee, My Country

I Vow to Thee, My Country
GenreHymn
Written1921
TextCecil Spring Rice
Meter13.13.13.13 D
Melody

"I Vow to Thee, My Country" is a British patriotic hymn, created in 1921 when Gustav Holst set words written earlier by Cecil Spring Rice. The music originated as a wordless melody, which Holst later named "Thaxted", taken from the "Jupiter" movement of Holst's 1917 suite The Planets.