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Text: | The Lord ascendeth up on high |
Author: | Arthur Russell, 1806-74 |
Tune: | NUN FREUT EUCH |
Composer: | J. S. Bach, 1685-1750 |
1 The Lord ascendeth up on high,
Loud anthems round him swelling;
The Lord hath triumphed gloriously,
In power and might excelling:
Hell and the grave are captive led;
Lo, he returns, our glorious Head,
To his eternal dwelling.
2 The heavens with joy receive their Lord;
O day of exultation!
By saints, by angel-hosts adored
For his so great salvation:
O earth, adore thy glorious King,
His rising, his ascension sing
With grateful adoration.
3 By saints in earth and saints in heaven,
With songs for ever blended,
All praise to Christ our King be given,
Who hath to heaven ascended:
To Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,
The God of heaven's resplendent host,
In bright array extended.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | The Lord ascendeth up on high |
Author: | Arthur Russell, 1806-74 (alt.) |
Meter: | 87 87 877 |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1986 |
Topic: | The Christian Year: Ascensiontide |
Notes: | Other authors also; Alternative tune PALACE GREEN 447 |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | NUN FREUT EUCH |
Composer: | J. S. Bach, 1685-1750 |
Meter: | 87 87 877 |
Key: | G Major |
Source: | Christliche Lieder, Wittenberg, 1524 |