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Text: | The Strife Is O'er, the Battle Done |
Translator: | Francis Pott |
Tune: | VICTORY |
Adapter: | William H. Monk |
Composer: | Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina |
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 have quickly sped;
He rises glorious from the dead:
All glory to our risen Head!
Alleluia!
4 He closed the yawning gates of hell;
The bars from heaven's high portals fell:
Let hymns of praise His triumphs tell.
Alleluia!
5 Lord, by the stripes which wounded Thee,
From death's dread sting Thy servants free,
That we may live and sing to Thee.
Alleluia!
Amen.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | The strife is o'er, the battle done |
Title: | The Strife Is O'er, the Battle Done |
Translator: | Francis Pott (1861) |
Meter: | 8. 8. 8. with Alleluia |
Publication Date: | 1955 |
Scripture: | ; ; |
Topic: | Christ: Resurrection; Christ: Conqueror; Christ: Redemption(4 more...) |
Source: | Latin, pub. Cologne, c. 1695 |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | VICTORY |
Composer: | Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1591) |
Adapter: | William H. Monk (1861) |
Meter: | 8. 8. 8. with Alleluia |
Key: | D Major |