Text: | The Lord whom earth and sea and sky |
Author: | Venantius Fortunatus, 530-609 |
Translator: | J. M. Neale, 1818-66 |
Tune: | PUER NOBIS NASCITUR |
Adapter: | Michael Praetorius, 1571-1621 |
Harmonizer: | G. R. Woodward, 1848-1934 |
1 The Lord whom earth and sea and sky
Adore and praise and magnify,
Who o'er their threefold fabric reigns,
The Virgin's spotless womb contains.
2 And he whose will is ever done
By moon and seas, by stars and sun,
Is borne upon a maiden's breast,
Whom God's foreseeing grace possessed.
3 How blest that Mother, in whose shrine
The very Word of God divine,
The maker of the earth and sky,
Was pleased in fleshly form to lie.
4 Blest in the message Gabriel brought,
Blest in the work the Spirit wrought,
Blest evermore, who brought to birth
The long-Desired of all the earth.
5 O Jesu, Virgin-born, to thee
Eternal praise and glory be,
Whom with the Father we adore
And Holy Spirit, evermore. Amen.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | The Lord whom earth and sea and sky |
Latin Title: | Quem terra, pontus, aethera |
Author: | Venantius Fortunatus, 530-609 |
Translator: | J. M. Neale, 1818-66 |
Publication Date: | 1986 |
Topic: | The Blessed Virgin Mary; Office Hymn; The Christian Year: Festivals and Other Holy Days: Proper(1 more...) |
Notes: | Alternative tun EISENACH 425 |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | PUER NOBIS NASCITUR |
Adapter: | Michael Praetorius, 1571-1621 |
Harmonizer: | G. R. Woodward, 1848-1934 |
Meter: | LM |
Key: | D Major |