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| Text: | The Strife Is O’er |
| Translator: | Francis Pott |
| Tune: | VICTORY |
| Adapter: | William Henry Monk |
| Composer: | Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina |
| Media: | Audio recording |
Refrain:
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia!
1 The strife is o'er, the battle done;
the victory of life is won;
the song of triumph has begun.
Alleluia!
2 The powers of death have done their worst,
but Christ their legions hath dispersed:
let shouts of holy joy outburst.
Alleluia!
3 The three sad days are quickly sped;
Christ rises glorious from the dead:
all glory to our risen Head!
Alleluia!
4 Lord, by the stripes which wounded thee,
from death’s dread sting thy servants free,
that we may live, and sing to thee:
Alleluia! [Refrain]
| Text Information | |
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| First Line: | The strife is o'er the battle done |
| Title: | The Strife Is O’er |
| Translator: | Francis Pott (1861) |
| Meter: | 8.8.8 with alleluias |
| Language: | English |
| Publication Date: | 2013 |
| Scripture: | ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; |
| Topic: | Christian Year: Easter Vigil; Christian Year: Resurrection/Easter; Jesus Christ: Resurrection (1 more...) |
| Source: | Latin hymn, c. 1695 |
| Tune Information | |
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| Name: | VICTORY |
| Composer: | Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1591) |
| Adapter: | William Henry Monk (1861) |
| Meter: | 8.8.8 with alleluias |
| Key: | D Major |
The Latin text from which this hymn has been translated may well be older than its earliest printing in a 17th-century collection published in Cologne. It is set to an adaptation of a portion of the Gloria Patri section from a 16th-century choral version of the Magnificat
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