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Text: | Ride On! Ride On in Majesty! |
Author (attributed to): | Henry Hart Milman |
Tune: | ST. DROSTANE |
Composer: | John Bacchus Dykes |
Media: | Audio recording |
1 Ride on! ride on in majesty!
Hark! all the tribes hosanna cry;
thy humble beast pursues its road
with palms and scattered garments strowed.
2 Ride on! ride on in majesty!
In lowly pomp ride on to die;
O Christ, thy triumphs now begin
o'er captive death and conquered sin.
3 Ride on! ride on in majesty!
The hosts of angels in the sky
look down with sad and wondering eyes
to see the approaching sacrifice.
4 Ride on! ride on in majesty!
In lowly pomp ride on to die;
bow thy meek head to mortal pain;
then take, O God, thy power, and reign.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Ride on! ride on in majesty! |
Title: | Ride On! Ride On in Majesty! |
Author (attributed to): | Henry Hart Milman (1827, alt.) |
Meter: | LM |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 2013 |
Scripture: | ; ; ; ; ; ; |
Topic: | Christian Year: Palm Sunday; Christian Year: Maundy Thursday; Christian Year: Good Friday(1 more...) |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | ST. DROSTANE |
Composer: | John Bacchus Dykes (1862) |
Meter: | LM |
Key: | B♭ Major |
This 19th-century Palm Sunday text is better understood as the reflections of someone standing outside the event rather than as coming from those participating in the actual procession. This poignant text is set to a tune written especially for it later in the same century.
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Audio recording: | Audio (MP3) |