Tuesday, January 23, 2007
Gabriel's Message Does Away
Words: Piae cantiones, 1582; trans. John Mason Neale (1818-1866)
Tune: Angelus emittitur
Gabriel's message does away
Satan's curse and Satan's sway,
out of darkness brings our Day:
Refrain:
so, behold,
all the gates of heaven unfold.
He that comes despised shall reign;
he that cannot die, be slain;
death by death its death shall gain: Refrain
Weakness shall the strong confound;
by the hands, in grave clothes wound,
Adam's chains shall be unbound. Refrain
By the sword that was his own,
by that sword, and that alone,
shall Goliath be o'erthrown: Refrain
Art by art shall be assailed;
to the cross shall Life be nailed;
from the grave shall hope be hailed: Refrain
Tune: Angelus emittitur
Gabriel's message does away
Satan's curse and Satan's sway,
out of darkness brings our Day:
Refrain:
so, behold,
all the gates of heaven unfold.
He that comes despised shall reign;
he that cannot die, be slain;
death by death its death shall gain: Refrain
Weakness shall the strong confound;
by the hands, in grave clothes wound,
Adam's chains shall be unbound. Refrain
By the sword that was his own,
by that sword, and that alone,
shall Goliath be o'erthrown: Refrain
Art by art shall be assailed;
to the cross shall Life be nailed;
from the grave shall hope be hailed: Refrain
Labels: 16th c., christmas, Neale
¶ Tuesday, January 23, 2007