Text: | Our Lord is risen from the dead |
Author: | Birgitte Cathrine Boye, 1742 - 1824 |
Translator: | Fred C. M. Hansen, b. 1888 |
Tune: | WIE SCHON LEUCHTET |
Composer: | Philipp Nicolai, 1556 - 1608 |
Our Lord is risen from the dead,
And rays of glory crown his head,
New hope has come to mortals.
He rose in power to smite his foes,
He lives to free us from our woes
And open heaven's portals.
O sing, our King Now is risen!
Come and listen
To the story,
Christ the Lord is risen in glory!
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Our Lord is risen from the dead |
Translator: | Fred C. M. Hansen, b. 1888 |
Author: | Birgitte Cathrine Boye, 1742 - 1824 |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1958 |
Topic: | The Church Year: Easter |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | WIE SCHON LEUCHTET |
Composer: | Philipp Nicolai, 1556 - 1608 |
Meter: | Irregular |
Key: | D Major |