Jesu Hail! O God Most Holy

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Jesu hail! O God most holy

Author: Anonymous; Translator (from Latin): Henry R. Bramley (1871)
Tune: [Jesu hail! O God most holy]
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1. Jesu hail! O God most holy,
Gentle Lamb, an Infant lowly;
Born, great God, a human stranger,
Laid within the narrow manger:

Refrain
Might transcending, weakness blending,
Greatness bending from the sky;
Love unending, man befriending,
God most High, God most High.

2. To enrich my desolation,
To redeem me from damnation,
Wrapt in swathing bands Thou liest,
Thou in want and weakness sighest: [Refrain]

3. Low abased, where brutes are sleeping,
God’s belovèd Son is weeping;
Judge supreme, true Godhead sharing,
Sinner’s likeness for us wearing! [Refrain]

4. Jesu, Thine my heart is solely;
Draw it, take it to Thee wholly;
With Thy sacred fire illume me,
Let it inwardly consume me. [Refrain]]

5. Hence let idle fancies vanish,
Hence all evil passions banish;
Make me like Thyself in meekness,
Bind to Thee my human weakness, [Refrain]

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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 >

Translator (from Latin): Henry R. Bramley

English clergyman, a high-church Anglican. Text editor of Christmas Carols New and Old, 1871 (John Stainer was the music editor), a seminal work in the second period of carol revival. The usual four-part setting of "The First Nowell" appeared in this book. Published a number of translations of hymns and carols from the Latin.… Go to person page >

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Text Information

First Line:	Jesu hail! O God most holy
Title:	Jesu Hail! O God Most Holy
Latin Title:	Ave Jesu Deus
Author:	Anonymous
Translator (from Latin):	Henry R. Bramley (1871)
Source:	Christmas Carols New and Old (London: Novello, Ewer & Co., 1871), pages 14-15
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	Might transcending, weakness blending
Copyright:	Public Domain