The Cyber Hymnal ‎#4343

4343. Morn's Roseate Hues Have Decked the Sky

1. Morn’s roseate hues have decked the sky;
The Lord has risen with victory:
Let earth be glad, and raise the cry,
Alleluia!

2. The Prince of Life with death has striv’n,
To cleanse the earth His blood has giv’n;
Has rent the veil, and opened Heav’n:
Alleluia!

3. And He, the wheat-corn, sown in earth,
Has giv’n a glorious harvest-birth,
Rejoice, and sing with holy mirth:
Alleluia!

4. And he, dear Lord, that with Thee dies,
And fleshly passions crucifies,
In body, like to Thine, shall rise:
Alleluia!

5. O grant us then, with Thee to die,
To spurn earth’s fleeting vanity,
And love the things above the sky:
Alleluia!

6. Oh, praise the Father, and the Son,
Who has for us the triumph won,
And holy Ghost—the Three in One:
Alleluia!

Text Information

• First Line: Morn's roseate hues have decked the sky
• Title: Morn's Roseate Hues Have Decked the Sky
• Latin Title: Aurora lucis dum novae
• Author: Nicolas le Tourneaux (1736)
• Translator (from Latin): William Cooke
• Meter: 88.84
• Language: English
• Source: In the revised Paris Breviary, 1736; translation in the Hymnary, 1872, number 267
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: REDCLIFF
• Composer: Edward John Hopkins, 1818-1901
• Meter: 88.84
• Incipit: 51715 66556 71721
• Key: C Major
• Copyright: Public Domain