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| Text: | O kind Creator, bow thine ear |
| Author (attributed to): | St. Gregory, 540-604 |
| Translator: | T. A. Lacey, 1853-1931 |
| Tune: | JESU CORONA |
| Harmonizer: | R. V. W. |
1 O kind Creator, bow thine ear
To mark the cry, to know the tear
Before thy throne of mercy spent
In this thy holy fast of Lent.
2 Our hearts are open, Lord, to thee:
Thou knowest our infirmity;
Pour out on all who seek thy face
Abundance of thy pardoning grace.
3 Our sins are many, this we know;
Spare us, good Lord, thy mercy show;
And for the honour of thy name
Our fainting souls to life reclaim.
4 Give us the self-control that springs
From discipline of outward things,
That fasting inward secretly
The soul may purely dwell with thee.
5 We pray thee, holy Trinity,
One God, unchanging Unity,
That we from this our abstinence
May reap the fruits of penitence. Amen.
| Text Information | |
|---|---|
| First Line: | O kind Creator, bow thine ear |
| Latin Title: | Audi benigne Conditor |
| Author (attributed to): | St. Gregory, 540-604 |
| Translator: | T. A. Lacey, 1853-1931 |
| Publication Date: | 1986 |
| Topic: | The Christian Year: Lent; Office Hymn |
| Tune Information | |
|---|---|
| Name: | JESU CORONA |
| Harmonizer: | R. V. W. |
| Meter: | LM |
| Key: | d minor |
| Source: | Rouen Church Melody, 1728 |
| Copyright: | By permission of Oxford University Press (from "English Hymnal") |
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