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Glory is such a great word.听 Glory Be!听 My granny used to say when something surprised her 鈥� or she was pretending to be amazed.听 Every Sunday I and fellow Christians say Glory to the Father, or Glory be to God.听 Angels seemed to say 鈥済lory鈥� a lot whilst floating over shepherds.

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It's a word little used outside religion and war because its so 鈥�big.听 It conjures up a mixture of greatness, bright shining, magnificence, splendour鈥� so its understandable there are not that many things that deserve it.

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Strange then that it is the one word that came into my mind last summer when I was running along a cliff top in Cornwall.听 It was early morning and a beautiful day. No one was around.听 On my left, far below, the blue sea glistened and on my right a field of wheat shone with a golden hue.听 But it wasn鈥檛 this scenery though, that made me utter the word, lovely as it was.听 I had to stop to re-tie my shoelace and as I knelt down I spotted, hidden in amongst the wheat stalks down on the ground, tiny little bright red flowers.听 They were dotted around, they looked like they barely had the courage to show their faces amongst such golden crops, but they shyly poked out their crimson heads and bobbed, next to the soil.听 Scarlett Pimpernel. Magnificent little flowers, so small yet so breathtakingly beautiful.听

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Now that is glory, unexpected beauty shining from something small and common 鈥� yet so hidden. It felt like God was smiling at me early that morning, saying hello by sprinkling some jewels to sparkle and delight.听 Good morning God, I said back, thank you for your glory.

Homophony 鈥� music which is written to be sung or played in unison, originating from the greek homophonia which literally means unison.

Cantabile - A style of singing which is characterized by the easy and flowing tone of the composition.