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Dies est laetitiae

Representative Text

1 Dies est laetitiae
in ortu regali,
nam processit hodie
de ventre virginali
puer admirabilis,
totus dlectabilis in humanitate,
que inaestimabilis est,
et in effabilis in divinitate.

Ecclesia:
2 Orto Dei Filio
virgine de pura
ut rosa de lilio
stupescit natura,
quem parit juvencula
natum e secula,
creatorem rerum,
quod uber munditiae
dat lac pudicitiae
antiquo dierum!

3 Angelus pastoribus
juxta suum gregem
nocte vigilantibus,
natu coeli regem
nunciat cum gaudio
jacentem in praesepio
infantem pnnosum,
Angelorum dominum
et prae natis hominum,
forma speciosum.


Source: Evangelisch-Lutherisches Gesang-Buch: worin die gebräuchlichsten alten Kirchen-Lieder Dr. M. Lutheri und anderer reinen lehrer und zeugen Gottes, zur Befoerderung der wahren ... (2. verm. Aus.) #27

Author: Anonymous

In some hymnals, the editors noted that a hymn's author is unknown to them, and so this artificial "person" entry is used to reflect that fact. Obviously, the hymns attributed to "Author Unknown" "Unknown" or "Anonymous" could have been written by many people over a span of many centuries. Go to person page >

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The Shorter New Oxford Book of Carols #3

Include 2 pre-1979 instances
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