The Cyber Hymnal ‎#8602

8602. Angels Come On Joyous Pinion

1 Angels come on joyous pinion,
Down the Heav’n’s melodious stair;
Triumphing o’er death’s dominion,
Up to this our lower air.
Christ has risen! Christ has risen!
And hath burst the sepulcher.

2 All in vain, the posted station
Of the armèd soldiery,
All in vain, the faithless nation
Set the seal and watches nigh;
Ye need not fear, ye need not fear,
None can reach where He doth lie!

3 He Himself, from sleep awaking,
Who spontaneous bore the gloom,
Through the seals, and without breaking,
Hath come forth and left the tomb;
Death could not hold, death could not hold
Him born of a virgin’s womb.

4 Lord, with Thee in daily dying
May we die, and with Thee rise;
And on earth, ourselves denying,
Lift our hearts unto the skies,
To sing our God, to sing our God,
Three in One, sole Good and Wise.

Text Information

• First Line: Angels come on joyous pinion
• Title: Angels Come On Joyous Pinion
• Latin Title: Adeste, Coelitum chori
• Author: Nicholas le Tourneaux
• Translator: Isaac Williams
• Meter: 87.87.87
• Language: English
• Source: Paris Breviary, 1736; Tr.: Hymns Translated from the Parisian Breviary (London: J. G. F. & J. Rivington, 1839)
• Copyright: Public Domain
• Notes: Alternate tunes: DISMISSAL by William L. Viner; LAUDA ANIMA by John Goss; WALDORF, 13th century melody

Tune Information

• Name: REGENT SQUARE
• Composer: Henry Thomas Smart (1867)
• Meter: 87.87.87
• Key: B♭ Major
• Copyright: Public Domain