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60 | The Hymnbook#61 | 62 |
Text: | O Gladsome Light |
Translator: | Robert Bridges |
Tune: | NUNC DIMITTIS |
Composer (melody): | Louis Bourgeois |
Harmonizer: | Claude Goudimel |
1 O gladsome light, O grace
Of God the Father's face,
Th' eternal splendor wearing;
Celestial, holy, blest,
Our Saviour Jesus Christ,
Joyful in Thine appearing.
2 Now, ere day fadeth quite,
We see the evening light,
Our wonted hymn outpouring;
Father of might unknown,
Thee, His incarnate Son,
And Holy Spirit adoring.
3 To Thee of right belongs
All praise of holy songs,
O Son of God, Life-giver;
Thee, therefore, O Most High,
The world doth glorify,
And shall exalt forever.
Amen.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | O gladsome light, O grace |
Title: | O Gladsome Light |
Translator: | Robert Bridges (1899) |
Meter: | 6. 6. 7. 6. 6. 7. |
Publication Date: | 1955 |
Scripture: | ; ; |
Topic: | Adoration and Praise; Christ: Light; Evening(2 more...) |
Source: | Greek, third century |
Copyright: | Words from The Yattendon Hymnal, edited by Robert Bridges and H. Ellis Wooldridge. Used by permission of the Clarendon Press, Oxford. |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | NUNC DIMITTIS |
Composer (melody): | Louis Bourgeois (1549) |
Harmonizer: | Claude Goudimel |
Meter: | 6. 6. 7. 6. 6. 7. |
Key: | F Major |