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... for Easter Day , called the , " Golden Canon , " or " Queen of Canons " -- Ode I. " " Tis the Day of Resurrection " Ode III .- " Come and let us drink of that New River " Ode IV . " Stand on thy watch - tower , Habakkuk the Seer " 89 42 ...
... for Easter Day , called the , " Golden Canon , " or " Queen of Canons " -- Ode I. " " Tis the Day of Resurrection " Ode III .- " Come and let us drink of that New River " Ode IV . " Stand on thy watch - tower , Habakkuk the Seer " 89 42 ...
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John Mason Neale. BEEN POINTING OUT IN HOMER WOULD BE RHYMES TO A GREEK EAR . Read them accentually , and you find äpiotai and μέγισται are no more double rhymes to ... day life , too familiar , —had too little dignity . There was an innate ...
John Mason Neale. BEEN POINTING OUT IN HOMER WOULD BE RHYMES TO A GREEK EAR . Read them accentually , and you find äpiotai and μέγισται are no more double rhymes to ... day life , too familiar , —had too little dignity . There was an innate ...
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... a verse in the early metrical hymns , such as- " Castos fides somnos juvat , " a dimeter ... day domestic matters . This was none other than a favourite metre of ... to the present day . For example μὴ διὰ θύρας βαίνειν δὲ λέγω τοὺς ...
... a verse in the early metrical hymns , such as- " Castos fides somnos juvat , " a dimeter ... day domestic matters . This was none other than a favourite metre of ... to the present day . For example μὴ διὰ θύρας βαίνειν δὲ λέγω τοὺς ...
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... to an Anatolius ; and its evident antiquity may well lead to the belief that it is the work of our present author . It is to the scattered hamlets of Chios and Mity- lene , what ... of day are over : I lift my S. ANATOLIUS . 5 Evening Hymn.
... to an Anatolius ; and its evident antiquity may well lead to the belief that it is the work of our present author . It is to the scattered hamlets of Chios and Mity- lene , what ... of day are over : I lift my S. ANATOLIUS . 5 Evening Hymn.
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John Mason Neale. The joys of day are over : I lift my heart to Thee ; And ask Thee , that offenceless The hours of dark may be . O JESU ! make their darkness light , And save me through the coming night ! The toils of day are over : I ...
John Mason Neale. The joys of day are over : I lift my heart to Thee ; And ask Thee , that offenceless The hours of dark may be . O JESU ! make their darkness light , And save me through the coming night ! The toils of day are over : I ...
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Adam adore Angel blest Canon Catavasia Cento CHRIST is risen commemorated compositions Constantine Constantine Pogonatus Constantinople Cosmas Council of Nicæa Creation bless cry with heart's death didst dost thou earth earthly Eastern Church ecclesiastical poetry eternal evermore Exult faith Fathers gladness glorious glory grace Gregory Nazianzen Habakkuk heart's endeavour hearts Heav'n heavenly Hirmos Holy art Thou hymn Hymnographers Iconoclastic Icons Idiomela Image Men immortality Incarnate Jerusalem JESUS John Damascene King Leo the Armenian Let all Creation light LORD magnify His Name Manichæism Martyrs mercy mighty Monarch Monotheletism mortal o'er Octoechus ODE VIII Pascha Patriarch Tarasius peace Pentecostarion poet praise Priest Quinquagesima raise Resurrection Saints shalt sing song sorrow soul SPIRIT stanzas STICHERA Studium Sunday Synaxarion Thee Theodore Thine Thou art bless'd throne to-day tomb Triodion Troparia troparion victory Virgin Wherefore we cry wondrous WORD ἐκ ἐν καὶ τὴν τῆς τὸν τῶν
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Page 27 - Christian, dost thou hear them, How they speak thee fair, "Always fast and vigil, Always watch and prayer?" Christian, answer boldly, "While I breathe I pray!
Page 87 - If I ask Him to receive me, Will He say me nay ? " Not till earth and not till heaven Pass away.
Page 26 - Christian, dost thou see them On the holy ground, How the troops of Midian Prowl and prowl around ? Christian, up and smite them, Counting gain but loss; Smite them by the merit Of the holy Cross.
Page 130 - Safe home, safe home in port ! — Rent cordage, shattered deck, Torn sails, provisions short, And only not a wreck...
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 40 - With hymns of victory. 2 Our hearts be pure from evil, That we may see aright The Lord in rays eternal Of resurrection-light ; And, listening to His accents, May hear so calm and plain His own " All hail," and hearing, May raise the victor strain.
Page 40 - Now let the heavens be joyful ; Let earth her song begin ; Let the round world keep triumph, And all that is therein...
Page 63 - 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 137 - Still let them succour us ; still let them fight, LORD of Angelic hosts, battling for right ; Till, where their anthems they ceaselessly pour, We with the Angels may bow and adore.
Page 3 - The toils of day are over : I raise the hymn to thee ; And ask that free from peril The hours of fear may be.