Text:Ye watchers and ye holy ones
Author:Athelstan Riley
Tune:VIGILI ET SANCTE

266. Ye watchers and ye holy ones

Ye watchers and ye holy ones,
Bright seraphs, cherubim and thrones,
Raise the glad strain, Alleluia!
Cry out, dominions, princedoms, powers,
Virtues, archangels, angels' choirs,
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!

O higher than the cherubim,
More glorious than the seraphim,
Lead their praises, Alleluia!
Thou bearer of the eternal Word,
Most gracious, magnify the Lord,
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!

Respond, ye souls in endless rest,
Ye patriarchs and prophets blest,
Alleluia, Alleluia!
Ye holy twelve, ye martyrs strong,
All saints triumphant, raise the song
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!

O friends, in gladness let us sing,
Supernal anthems echoing,
Alleluia, Alleluia!
To God the Father, God the Son,
And God the Spirit, Three in One,
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!

Amen.

Text Information
First Line: Ye watchers and ye holy ones
Author: Athelstan Riley (1909)
Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8.8.4
Language: English
Publication Date: 1916
Topic: Sundays after Trinity: Praise and Adoration; Processional; Sunday Schools: Closing Hymns (1 more...)
Tune Information
Name: VIGILI ET SANCTE
Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8.8.4
Incipit: 11231 34511 23134
Key: E♭ Major
Source: Cologne, 1623, alt.



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