The Hymner: Containing Translations of the Hymns from the Sarum Breviary Together with Sundry Sequences & Processions |
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1st E&M adore Amen Angels Ascending o'er Ascension Day bestow blessed blest Blood boast in thee breast bright celestial Common of Apostles Confessor death would fain didst dost live doth Doxology until Candlemas earth Epiphany everlasting evermore fain effect faith Father Feast flesh Ghost and thee glorious Glory and honour glory deck'd God the Father God the Son Godhead Grant Hail thee hath hearts heav'n heav'nly holy Ghost holy Paraclete Jesus Christ King with glory Lamb laud light live and reign Lord Low Sunday lowly Martyr MEDIEVAL MUSIC meet mercy Mother nigh night o'er the stars Octave Ordinary Doxology pardon Paschal joy Paschal-tide PASSION SUNDAY pray thee prayer pure redeem'd Redeemer reign eternally Saints salvation sins souls Spirit stars to-day sweetest thee we pay thine own elect throne thy people give Thy ransom'd flock thy servants Trinal Trinity Sunday Virgin Virgin-born Whitsun Day wondrous
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Page 97 - Jesu, the hope of souls forlorn, How good to them for sin that mourn ¡ To them that seek thee, oh how kind ! But what art thou to them that find...
Page 79 - Faithful cross ! above all other, One and only noble tree ! None in foliage, none in blossom, None in fruit thy peers may be : Sweetest wood, and sweetest iron ! Sweetest weight is hung on thee.
Page 55 - To this temple, where we call thee, Come, O Lord of hosts, to-day : With thy wonted loving-kindness Hear thy servants as they pray ; And thy fullest benediction Shed within its walls alway.
Page 35 - The Royal banners forward go; The Cross shines forth in mystic glow ; Where He in flesh, our flesh who made, Our sentence bore, our ransom paid...
Page 36 - God, his Maker, sorely grieving That the first-made Adam fell, When he ate the fruit of sorrow, Whose reward was death and hell, Noted then this Wood, the ruin Of the ancient wood to quell. For the work of our salvation Needs would have his order so, And the...
Page 54 - Many a blow and biting sculpture polished well those stones elect, in their places now compacted by the heavenly Architect, who therewith hath willed for ever that his palace should be decked.
Page 54 - As a bride dost earthward move; 2 From celestial realms descending, Bridal glory round thee shed, Meet for Him Whose love espoused thee, To thy Lord shalt thou be led ; All thy streets, and all thy bulwarks Of pure gold are fashioned.
Page 50 - King. Given for us, for us descending Of a virgin to proceed, Man with man in converse blending Scattered He the gospel seed, Till His sojourn drew to ending, Which He closed in wondrous deed. At the last great supper seated Circled by His brethren's band...
Page 60 - In this our bright and Paschal day The sun shines out with purer ray: When Christ, to earthly sight made plain, The glad Apostles see again. The Wounds, the riven Wounds, He shows In that His flesh with light that glows, With public voice, both far and nigh, The Lord's arising testify.
Page 102 - Laud and honour to the Father ; Laud and honour to the Son ; Laud and honour to the Spirit ; Ever Three, and ever One : Consubstantial, co-eternal, While unending ages run.