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232 | Church Book#233 | 234 |
Text: | O mean may seem this house of clay |
Author: | Thomas H. Gill |
Tune: | TALLIS' ORDINAL |
1 O mean may seem this house of clay,
Yet 'twas the Lord's abode;
Our feet may mourn this thorny way,
Yet here Emmanuel trod.
2 This fleshly robe the Lord did wear;
This watch the Lord did keep;
These burdens sore the Lord did bear;
These tears the Lord did weep!
3 This world the Master overcame;
This death the Lord did die:
O vanquished world! O glorious shame!
O hallowed agony!
4 O vale of tears, no longer sad,
Wherein the Lord did dwell!
O holy robe of flesh that clad
Our own Emmanuel!
5 Our very frailty brings us near
Unto the Lord of heaven;
To every grief, to every tear,
Such glory strange is given.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | O mean may seem this house of clay |
Author: | Thomas H. Gill (1850) |
Meter: | C. M. |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1890 |
Topic: | Communion with Christ; The Image of the Earthly Christ; Epiphany, Sixth Sunday(3 more...) |
Notes: | Now Public Domain. Alternate tune: #77 or #82 |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | TALLIS' ORDINAL |
Meter: | C. M. |
Key: | D Major |
Notes: | Now Public Domain. Composer from index: T. Tallis, 1565 |