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Text: | The Head That Once Was Crowned |
Author: | Thomas Kelly |
Tune: | ST MAGNUS |
Composer (attributed to): | Jeremiah Clarke |
Harmonizer: | William Henry Monk |
1 The head that once was crowned with thorns
is crowned with glory now;
a royal diadem adorns
the mighty victor’s brow.
2 The joy of all who dwell above,
the joy of all below,
to whom he manifests his love
and grants his name to know.
3 To them the cross with all its shame,
with all its grace is given,
their name an everlasting name,
their joy the joy of heaven.
4 They suffer here with Christ below,
they reign with him above,
their profit and their joy to know
the mystery of his love.
5 The cross he bore is life and health,
though shame and death to him,
his people's hope, his people's wealth,
their everlasting theme.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | The head that once was crowned with thorns |
Title: | The Head That Once Was Crowned |
Author: | Thomas Kelly (1820) |
Meter: | 8 6 8 6 |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1996 |
Topic: | The Christian Year: Ascension; Christian Year: Ascension; Healing(26 more...) |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | ST MAGNUS |
Composer (attributed to): | Jeremiah Clarke (1707) |
Harmonizer: | William Henry Monk (1868) |
Meter: | 8 6 8 6 |
Key: | G Major |