Text: | All praise to Thee, Eternal Lord |
Author: | Martin Luther |
Translator: | Anonymous |
Tune: | CANONBURY |
1 All praise to Thee, Eternal Lord,
Clothed in a garb of flesh and blood;
Choosing a manger for Thy throne,
While worlds on worlds were Thine alone.
2 Once did the skies before Thee bow;
A Virgin's arms contain Thee now;
Angels, who did in Thee rejoice,
Now listen for Thine infant voice.
3 A little child, Thou art our guest,
That weary ones in Thee may rest--
Forlorn and lonely is Thy birth,
That we may rise to heaven from earth.
4 Thou comest in the darksome night,
To make us children of the light,
To make us, in the realms divine,
Like Thine own angels, round Thee shine.
5 All this for us Thy love hath done;
By this to Thee our love is won;
For this we tune our cheerful lays,
And shout our thanks in ceaseless praise.
Amen.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | All praise to Thee, Eternal Lord |
Author: | Martin Luther (1524) |
Translator: | Anonymous (1858) |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1917 |
Topic: | The Church Year: Christmas |
Source: | Latin of XI Century.; German of XIV Century |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | CANONBURY |
Meter: | L. M. |
Key: | G Major |