Text: | Dost thou in a manger lie |
Author: | Jean Mauburn, 1460-1503 |
Translator: | Elizabeth Rundle Charles, 1828-1896 |
Tune: | DIES EST LAETITIAE |
Harmonizer: | Jack W. Burnam, b. 1946 |
1. Dost thou in a manger lie,
who hast all created,
stretching infant hands on high,
Savior, long awaited?
If a monarch, where thy state?
Where thy court on thee to wait?
Scepter, crown, and sphere?
Here no regal pomp we see,
nought but need and penury:
why thus cradled here?
2. "For the world a love supreme
brought me to this stable;
all creation to redeem
I alone am able.
By this lowly birth of mine,
sinner, riches shall be thine,
matchless gifts and free;
willingly this yoke I take,
and this sacrifice I make,
heaping joys for thee."
3. Christ we praise with voices bold,
laud and honor raising;
for these mercies manifold
join the hosts in praising:
Father, glory be to thee
for the wondrous charity
of thy Son, our Lord.
Better witness to thy worth,
purer praise than ours on earth.
angels' songs afford.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Dost thou in a manger lie |
Author: | Jean Mauburn, 1460-1503 |
Translator: | Elizabeth Rundle Charles, 1828-1896 |
Meter: | 76. 76. 775. 775 |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1985 |
Source: | Other translators also |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | DIES EST LAETITIAE |
Harmonizer: | Jack W. Burnam, b. 1946 |
Meter: | 76. 76. 775. 775 |
Key: | F Major |