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Text: | Why, Cruel Herod, Dost Thou Fear? |
Author: | Caelius Sedulius, 5th Century |
Translator: | Frederick C. Husenbeth |
Tune: | KING OF KINGS |
Composer: | George Clement Martin, 1844-1916 |
Media: | MIDI file |
1 Why, cruel Herod, dost thou fear,
Lest our great God and king appear?
He who can heav’nly crowns bestow
Comes not to seize thy throne below.
2 The wise men followed that bright star,
Which shone to them in realms afar;
While light itself by light they seek,
Their gifts, their faith and love bespeak.
3 The heav’nly Lamb the waters lave,
He sanctifies the crystal wave;
And He, whom sin could never stain,
Bids none upon our souls remain.
4 Behold a new display of might,
The pallid waters redden bright;
The mandate for the change once heard,
Wine flows obedient at the word.
5 Jesus, to Gentile kings displayed,
Glory to Thee and praise be paid,
With Father and with Holy Ghost,
Enthroned above the heav’nly host.
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First Line: | Why, cruel Herod, dost thou fear |
Title: | Why, Cruel Herod, Dost Thou Fear? |
Latin Title: | Crudelis Herodes |
Author: | Caelius Sedulius, 5th Century |
Translator: | Frederick C. Husenbeth |
Meter: | LM |
Language: | English |
Source: | "Hostis Herodes Impie" from "A Solis Ortus Cardine" by Sedulius; Breviarium Romanum, 1632; Tr.: Annus Sanctus (Vol. 1) by Orby Shipley (London and New York: Burns & Oates, 1884) |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
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Name: | KING OF KINGS |
Composer: | George Clement Martin, 1844-1916 |
Meter: | LM |
Key: | A Major |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
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