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Text: | That Easter Day with Joy Was Bright |
Translator: | John Mason Neale |
Tune: | PUER NOBIS NASCITUR |
Adapter: | Michael Praetorius |
Media: | Audio recording |
1 That Easter day with joy was bright;
the sun shone out with fairer light
when, to their longing eyes restored,
the apostles saw their risen Lord.
2 He bade them see his hands, his side,
where yet the glorious wounds abide,
the tokens true which made it plain
their Lord indeed was risen again.
3 From every weapon death can wield,
your own redeemed forever shield;
O Lord of all, with us abide
in this our joyful Eastertide.
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First Line: | That Easter day with joy was bright |
Title: | That Easter Day with Joy Was Bright |
Translator: | John Mason Neale (1852, alt.) |
Meter: | LM |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 2013 |
Scripture: | ; ; |
Topic: | Christian Year: Easter Vigil; Christian Year: Resurrection/Easter; Jesus Christ: Resurrection(1 more...) |
Source: | Latin hymn, 5th cent. |
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Name: | PUER NOBIS NASCITUR |
Adapter: | Michael Praetorius (1609) |
Meter: | LM |
Key: | D Major |
Source: | Trier ms., 15th cent. |
Notes: | (alternate harmonization, 67) |
These Eastertide stanzas are derived from a longer Latin text that was one of the earliest hymns written especially for a season of the church year. They are set here to a tune with Christmas associations, a means of linking the two great festivals of the Christian year.
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Audio recording: | Audio (MP3) |