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Text: | Come, You Faithful, Raise the Strain |
Author: | John of Damascus, |
Translator: | John Mason Neale |
Tune: | ST. KEVIN |
Composer: | Arthur Seymour Sullivan |
Media: | Audio recording |
1 Come, you faithful, raise the strain
of triumphant gladness!
God has brought forth Israel
into joy from sadness,
loosed from Pharaoh’s bitter yoke
Jacob’s sons and daughters;
led them with unmoistened foot
through the Red Sea waters.
2 ’Tis the spring of souls today:
Christ has burst his prison,
and from three days’ sleep in death
as a sun has risen.
All the winter of our sins,
long and dark, is flying
from the Light, to whom we give
laud and praise undying.
3 Now the queen of seasons, bright
with the day of splendor,
with the royal feast of feasts
comes its joy to render;
comes to glad Jerusalem,
who with true affection
welcomes in unwearied strains
Jesus’ resurrection!
4 Neither could the gates of death,
nor the tomb’s dark portal,
nor the watchers, nor the seal
hold you as a mortal:
but today, among your own,
you appear, bestowing
your deep peace, which evermore
passes human knowing.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Come, you faithful raise the strain |
Title: | Come, You Faithful, Raise the Strain |
Author: | John of Damascus, (8th cent.) |
Translator: | John Mason Neale (1859, alt.) |
Meter: | 7.6.7.6.D |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 2013 |
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Topic: | Christian Year: Easter Vigil; Christian Year: Resurrection/Easter; Christian Year: Reign of Christ(4 more...) |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | ST. KEVIN |
Composer: | Arthur Seymour Sullivan (1872, alt.) |
Meter: | 7.6.7.6.D |
Key: | F Major |
One of the many ancient hymns translated into English in the 19th century, this 8th-century Eastertide hymn was originally part of a longer Greek liturgical text. This tune was created for this text by a church organist who later rose to fame as a composer of operettas.
Media | |
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Audio recording: | Audio (MP3) |