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Text: | The Glory of These Forty Days |
Author (attributed to): | Gregory the Great, c. 540-604 |
Translator: | Maurice F. Bell, 1862-1947 |
Tune: | OLD HUNDREDTH |
Composer (attributed to): | Louis Bourgeois, c. 1510-c. 1561 |
1 The glory of these forty days
We celebrate with songs of praise;
For Christ, through whom all things were made,
Himself has fasted and has prayed.
2 Alone and fasting, Moses saw
The loving God who gave the Law;
And to Elijah, fasting, came
The steeds and chariots of flame.
3 So Daniel trained his mystic sight,
Delivered from the lions' might;
And John, the Bridegroom’s friend, became
The herald of the Savior’s name.
4 Then grant that we like them be true,
Consumed in fast and prayer with you;
Our spirits strengthen with your grace,
And give us joy to see your face.
5 O Father, Son and Spirit blest,
To you be ev'ry prayer addressed,
Who are in threefold name adored,
From age to age the only Lord.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | The glory of these forty days |
Title: | The Glory of These Forty Days |
Latin Title: | Clarum decus jejunii |
Author (attributed to): | Gregory the Great, c. 540-604 |
Translator: | Maurice F. Bell, 1862-1947 (alt.) |
Meter: | LM |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 2015 |
Topic: | Lent |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | OLD HUNDREDTH |
Composer (attributed to): | Louis Bourgeois, c. 1510-c. 1561 |
Meter: | LM |
Key: | G Major or modal |
Source: | Pseaumes octante trois David, Geneva, 1551 |