Hymns of the Eastern Church (5th ed.) ‎#141

141. As Jonah, Issuing from His Three Days' Tomb

As Jonah, issuing from his three days’ tomb,
At length was cast, uninjured, on the earth;
So, from the Virgin’s unpolluted womb
The Incarnate WORD, That dwelt there, had His Birth:
For He, Who knew no taint of mortal stain,
Willed that His Mother spotless should remain.

CHRIST comes, Incarnate GOD, amongst us now,
Begotten of the FATHER ere the day:
And He, to Whom the sinless legions bow,
Lies cradled, ‘midst unconscious beasts on hay:
And, by His homely swaddling-bands girt in,
Looses the many fetters of our sin.

Now the New Child of Adam’s race draws nigh,
To us, the faithful, given: This, this is He
That shall the Father of Eternity,
The Angel of the Mighty Counsel, be:
This the eternal GOD, by Whose strong hands
The fabric of the world supported stands.

Text Information

• First Line: As Jonah, Issuing from His Three Days' Tomb
• Title: As Jonah, Issuing from His Three Days' Tomb
• Translator: John Mason Neale (1862)
• Author: Cosmas, the Melodist (760)
• Meter: 10,10,10,10,10,10
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1866

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