Hymns of the Eastern Church: tr. by J.M. Neale, Issue 1611863 - 16 pages |
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Page xxvi
... sing- song stanza , and preferred falling back on an older form . From the brief allusions we find to the subject in the New Testament , we should gather that " the hymns and spiritual songs " of the Apostles were written in metrical ...
... sing- song stanza , and preferred falling back on an older form . From the brief allusions we find to the subject in the New Testament , we should gather that " the hymns and spiritual songs " of the Apostles were written in metrical ...
Page xxxvi
... singing it in common . The acrostichs are usually in iambics , - sometimes none of the best : e.g.- ἐκπλήττομαί σου τοὺς λόγους , Ζαχαρία , on the feast of S. Zacharias the Prophet : - and generally bringing in some paronomasia on the ...
... singing it in common . The acrostichs are usually in iambics , - sometimes none of the best : e.g.- ἐκπλήττομαί σου τοὺς λόγους , Ζαχαρία , on the feast of S. Zacharias the Prophet : - and generally bringing in some paronomasia on the ...
Page 11
... sing anthems To shepherds from the sky . And we with them triumphant Repeat the hymn again : " To Goo on high be glory , And peace on earth to men ! " While thus they sing your Monarch , Those bright angelic bands , Rejoice , ye vales ...
... sing anthems To shepherds from the sky . And we with them triumphant Repeat the hymn again : " To Goo on high be glory , And peace on earth to men ! " While thus they sing your Monarch , Those bright angelic bands , Rejoice , ye vales ...
Page 42
... sing : We shall see the Sun of Justice Risen with healing on His wing . Thy unbounded loving - kindness , They that groaned in Hades ' chain , Prisoners , from afar beholding , Hasten to the light again ; And to that eternal Pascha Wove ...
... sing : We shall see the Sun of Justice Risen with healing on His wing . Thy unbounded loving - kindness , They that groaned in Hades ' chain , Prisoners , from afar beholding , Hasten to the light again ; And to that eternal Pascha Wove ...
Page 66
... Sing to the LORD , O world , with exultation ! Break forth in glad thanksgiving , every nation ! For He hath triumphed gloriously ! Man , in GOD's own Image made , Man , by Satan's wiles betrayed , Man , on whom corruption preyed , Shut ...
... Sing to the LORD , O world , with exultation ! Break forth in glad thanksgiving , every nation ! For He hath triumphed gloriously ! Man , in GOD's own Image made , Man , by Satan's wiles betrayed , Man , on whom corruption preyed , Shut ...
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acrostich Adam adore Anatolius of Constantinople Angel blest called Canon Catavasia Cento CHRIST is risen commemorated compositions Constantine Constantinople Cosmas Council of Nicæa cry with heart's darkness death earth earthly Eastern Church ecclesiastical poetry eternal evermore faith Fathers gladness glorious glory grace Gregory Nazianzen Habakkuk heart heart's endeavour Heav'n heavenly Hirmos Holy art Thou Hymnographers hymns Iconoclasts Icons Idiomela immortality Incarnate JESUS John Damascene King Latin Leo the Armenian light LORD Manichæism Martyrs mercy mighty Monarch Monothelite mortal night o'er Octoechus Pascha peace Pentecostarion poet praise Priest Quinquagesima Resurrection rhymes SACKVILLE COLLEGE Saints SAVIOUR Septuagesima Sequence shalt sing Sion song Sophronius sorrow soul SPIRIT stand stanzas STICHERA sticheron Studium Sunday Synaxarion Thee Thine Thou art bless'd Throne to-day tomb Triodion troparia Troparion verse victory Virgin Wherefore we cry wondrous words ἐκ ἐν καὶ τὰ τὴν τῆς τὸν τοῦ τῶν
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Page 86 - Hath He marks to lead me to Him, If He be my guide ? " In His feet and hands are wound-prints And His side.
Page 38 - And, listening to His accents, May hear, so calm and plain, His own "All hail !" and, hearing, May raise the victor-strain.
Page 127 - The cross that Jesus carried he carried as your due: the crown that Jesus weareth he weareth it for you.
Page 129 - SAFE HOME, SAFE HOME IN PORT. (From the Greek.) AFE home, safe home in port ! Rent cordage, shattered deck, Torn sails, provisions short, And only not a wreck...
Page 55 - THOSE eternal bowers Man hath never trod, Those unfading flowers Round the throne of GOD. Who may hope to gain them After weary fight ? Who at length attain them Clad in robes of white ? He, who gladly barters All on earthly ground ; He who, like the martyrs, Says ' I will be crowned ' : He, whose one oblation Is a life of love ; Clinging to the nation Of the blest above.
Page 6 - The toils of day are over: I raise the hymn to Thee, And ask that free from peril The hours of fear may be : O Jesu, keep me in Thy sight, And guard me through the coming night...
Page 58 - Neither might the gates of death, Nor the tomb's dark portal, Nor the watchers, nor the seal, Hold Thee as a mortal : But to-day amidst the Twelve Thou didst stand, bestowing That Thy peace, which evermore Passeth human knowing.
Page 6 - Be Thou my soul's preserver, O GOD ! for Thou dost know How many are the perils Through which I have to go: Lover of men, O hear my call, And guard and save me from them all.
Page 3 - Lower thy crest ! Wail of Euroclydon, Be thou at rest! Sorrow can never be, Darkness must fly, Where saith the Light of Light, "Peace! It is I.
Page xxx - The kings of the earth stand up, and the rulers take counsel together : against the Lord, and against his Anointed. 3 Let us break their bonds asunder : and cast away their cords from us.