Text: | O Wondrous Type! O Vision Fair |
Translator: | John Mason Neale, 1818-66 |
Tune: | DEO GRACIAS |
1 O wondrous type! O vision fair
Of glory that the Church may share,
Which Christ upon the mountain shows,
Where brighter than the sun he glows!
2 With Moses and Elijah nigh
The incarnate Lord holds converse high;
And from the cloud the Holy One
Bears record to the only Son.
3 With shining face and bright array,
Christ deigns to manifest today
What glory shall be theirs above
Who joy in God with perfect love.
4 And faithful hearts are raised on high
By this great vision's mystery;
For which in joyful strains we raise
The voice of prayer, the hymn of praise.
5 O Father, with the eternal Son,
And Holy Spirit, ever One,
Vouchsafe to bring us by thy grace
To see thy glory face to face. Amen.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | O wondrous type! O vision fair |
Title: | O Wondrous Type! O Vision Fair |
Translator: | John Mason Neale, 1818-66 (cento, alt.) |
Meter: | LM |
Publication Date: | 1969 |
Topic: | The Christian Year: Transfiguration |
Source: | 15th-century Office hymn |
Notes: | Latin: Caelestis formam gloriae |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | DEO GRACIAS |
Meter: | LM |
Key: | B♭ Major |
Source: | 15th-century English tune |