Text: | From East to West |
Author: | Coelius Sedulius, d. c. 450 |
Translator: | John Ellerton, 1826-1893 |
Tune: | A SOLIS ORTUS CARDINE |
1 From east to west, from shore to shore,
Let ev'ry heart awake and sing
The holy child whom Mary bore,
The Christ, the everlasting king.
2 Behold, the world's creator wears
The form and fashion of a slave;
Our very flesh our maker shares,
His fallen creatures, all, to save.
3 For this how wondrously he wrought!
A maiden, in her lowly place,
Became, in ways beyond all thought,
The chosen vessel of his grace.
4 And while the angels in the sky
Sang praise above the silent field,
To shepherds poor the Lord most high,
the one great shepherd, was revealed.Amen.
5 All glory for this blessed morn
To God the Father ever be;
All praise to You, O Virgin-born,
And Holy Ghost, eternally. Amen
Text Information | |
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First Line: | From east to west, from shore to shore |
Title: | From East to West |
Translator: | John Ellerton, 1826-1893 (alt.) |
Author: | Coelius Sedulius, d. c. 450 |
Meter: | L M |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1978 |
Topic: | Christmas; The Annunciation of Our Lord |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | A SOLIS ORTUS CARDINE |
Meter: | L M |
Key: | e minor |
Source: | Sarum plainsong, mode III |
Copyright: | Setting © 1978 Lutheran Book of Worship |