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108b | CPWI Hymnal#109 | 110 |
Text: | What star is this, with beams so bright |
Author: | Charles Coffin, 1676-1749 |
Translator: | John Chandler, 1806-1876 |
Tune: | PUER NOBIS |
Adaptation: | Michael Praetorius, 1571-1621 |
1 What star is this, with beams so bright,
more beauteous than the noonday light?
It shines to herald forth the King,
and Gentiles to his crib to bring.
2 True spake the prophet from afar
who told the rise of Jacob's star;
and eastern sages with amaze
upon the wondrous token gaze.
3 The guiding star above is bright;
within them shines a clearer light,
and leads them on with power benign
to seek the Giver of the sign.
4 O Jesus, while the star of grace
impels us on to seek thy face,
let not our slothful hearts refuse
the guidance of thy light to use.
5 To God the Father, heavenly light,
to Christ, revealed in earthly night,
to God the Holy Ghost we raise
our equal and unceasing praise!
Text Information | |
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First Line: | What star is this, with beams so bright |
Latin Title: | Quae stella sole pulchrior |
Author: | Charles Coffin, 1676-1749 |
Translator: | John Chandler, 1806-1876 |
Meter: | L.M. |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 2010 |
Scripture: | |
Topic: | Hymns for the Church Year: Epiphany |
Source: | Breviary, Paris, 1736; Other translators: Editors of Hymns Ancient and Modern, alt. |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | PUER NOBIS |
Adaptation: | Michael Praetorius, 1571-1621 |
Meter: | L.M. |
Key: | D Major |
Source: | Trier MS; Harmonization: Cowly Carol Book, 1902 |