Hymn For The Epiphany (hymnus Epiphaniae) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

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Newly Translated Into English Verse By R Martin Pope is below this original	A
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Hymnus Epiphaniae	B
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Quicumque Christum quaeritis	C
oculos in altum tollite	D
illic licebit visere	E
signum perennis gloriae	E
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Haec stella quae solis rotam	F
vincit decore ac lumine	B
venisse terris nuntiat	D
cum carne terrestri Deum	F
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Non illa servit noctibus	C
secuta lunam menstruam	F
sed sola caelum possidens	C
cursum dierum temperat	D
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Arctoa quamvis sidera	E
in se retortis motibus	C
obire nolint attamen	B
plerumque sub nimbis latent	D
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Hoc sidus aeternum manet	D
haec stella nunquam mergitur	E
nec nubis occursu abdita	D
obumbrat obductam facem	F
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Tristis cometa intercidat	D
et si quod astrum Sirio	E
fervet vapore iam Dei	D
sub luce destructum cadat	D
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En Persici ex orbis sinu	B
sol unde sumit ianuam	F
cernunt periti interpretes	C
regale vexillum Magi	G
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Quod ut refulsit ceteri	E
cessere signorum globi	H
nec pulcher est ausus suam	F
conferre formam Lucifer	E
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Quis iste tantus inquiunt	D
regnator astris inperans	C
quem sic tremunt caelestia	I
cui lux et aethra inserviunt	D
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Inlustre quiddam cernimus	C
quod nesciat finem pati	D
sublime celsum interminum	F
antiquius caelo et chao	I
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Hic ille rex est gentium	F
populique rex Iudaici	C
promissus Abrahae patri	E
eiusque in aevum semini	B
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Aequanda nam stellis sua	C
cognovit olim germina	B
primus sator credentium	F
nati inmolator unici	C
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Iam flos subit Davidicus	C
radice Iesse editus	C
sceptrique per virgam virens	C
rerum cacumen occupat	D
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Exin sequuntur perciti	D
fixis in altum vultibus	C
qua stella sulcum traxerat	D
claramque signabat viam	F
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Sed verticem pueri supra	E
signum pependit inminens	C
pronaque submissum face	C
caput sacratum prodidit	D
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Videre quod postquam Magi	G
eoa promunt munera	E
stratique votis offerunt	D
tus myrrham et aurum regium	F
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Agnosce clara insignia	E
virtutis ac regni tui	D
puer o cui trinam Pater	E
praedestinavit indolem	F
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Regem Deumque adnuntiant	D
thesaurus et fragrans odor	E
turis Sabaei ac myrrheus	C
pulvis sepulcrum praedocet	D
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Hoc est sepulcrum quo Deus	C
dum corpus extingui sinit	D
atque id sepultum suscitat	D
mortis refregit carcerem	F
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O sola magnarum urbium	F
maior Bethlem cui contigit	D
ducem salutis caelitus	C
incorporatum gignere	E
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Altrice te summo Patri	E
haeres creatur unicus	C
homo ex tonantis spiritu	D
idemque sub membris Deus	C
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Hunc et prophetis testibus	C
isdemque signatoribus	C
testator et sator iubet	D
adire regnum et cernere	E
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Regnum quod ambit omnia	E
diva et marina et terrea	E
a solis ortu ad exitum	F
et tartara et caelum supra	E
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Audit tyrannus anxius	C
adesse regum principem	F
qui nomen Israel regat	D
teneatque David regiam	F
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Exclamat amens nuntio	I
successor instat pellimur	E
satelles i ferrum rape	J
perfunde cunas sanguine	E
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Mas omnis infans occidat	D
scrutare nutricum sinus	C
interque materna ubera	E
ensem cruentet pusio	I
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Suspecta per Bethlem mihi	K
puerperarum est omnium	F
fraus ne qua furtim subtrahat	D
prolem virilis indolis	C
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Transfigit ergo carnifex	C
mucrone destricto furens	C
effusa nuper corpora	E
animasque rimatur novas	C
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Locum minutis artubus	C
vix interemptor invenit	D
quo plaga descendat patens	C
iuguloque maior pugio est	D
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O barbarum spectaculum	F
inlisa cervix cautibus	C
spargit cerebrum lacteum	F
oculosque per vulnus vomit	D
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Aut in profundum palpitans	C
mersatur infans gurgitem	F
cui subter artis faucibus	C
singultat unda et halitus	C
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Salvete flores martyrum	F
quos lucis ipso in limine	E
Christi insecutor sustulit	D
ceu turbo nascentes rosas	C
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Vos prima Christi victima	F
grex inmolatorum tener	E
aram ante ipsam simplices	C
palma et coronis luditis	C
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Quid proficit tantum nefas	C
quid crimen Herodem iuvat	D
unus tot inter funera	E
inpune Christus tollitur	E
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Inter coaevi sanguinis	C
fluenta solus integer	E
ferrum quod orbabat nurus	C
partus fefellit virginis	C
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Sic stulta Pharaonis mali	L
edicta quondam fugerat	D
Christi figuram praeferens	C
Moyses receptor civium	F
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Cautum et statutum ius erat	D
quo non liceret matribus	C
cum pondus alvi absolverent	D
puerile pignus tollere	E
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Mens obstetricis sedulae	L
pie in tyrannum contumax	C
ad spem potentis gloriae	E
furata servat parvulum	F
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Quem mox sacerdotem sibi	H
adsumpsit orbis conditor	E
per quem notatam saxeis	C
legem tabellis traderet	D
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Licetne Christum noscere	E
tanti per exemplum viri	E
dux ille caeso Aegyptio	I
absolvit Israel iugo	M
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At nos subactos iugiter	E
erroris inperio gravi	N
dux noster hoste saucio	C
mortis tenebris liberat	D
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Hic expiatam fluctibus	C
plebem marino in transitu	D
repurgat undis dulcibus	C
lucis columnam praeferens	C
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Hic praeliante exercitu	D
pansis in altum brachiis	C
sublimis Amalech premit	D
crucis quod instar tunc fuit	D
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Hic nempe Iesus verior	E
qui longa post dispendia	D
victor suis tribulibus	C
promissa solvit iugera	E
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Qui ter quaternas denique	M
refluentis amnis alveo	N
fundavit et fixit petras	C
apostolorum stemmata	D
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Iure ergo se Iudae ducem	F
vidisse testantur Magi	G
cum facta priscorum ducum	F
Christi figuram finxerint	D
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Hic rex priorum iudicum	F
rexere qui Iacob genus	C
dominaeque rex ecclesiae	I
templi et novelli et pristini	E
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Hunc posteri Efrem colunt	D
hunc sancta Manasse domus	C
omnesque suspiciunt tribus	C
bis sena fratrum semina	E
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Quin et propago degener	E
ritum secuta inconditum	F
quaecumque dirum fervidis	C
Baal caminis coxerat	D
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fumosa avorum numina	E
saxum metallum stipitem	F
rasum dolatum sectile	L
in Christi honorem deserit	D
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Gaudete quidquid gentium est	D
Iudaea Roma et Graecia	I
Aegypte Thrax Persa Scytha	O
rex unus omnes possidet	D
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Laudate vestrum principem	F
omnes beati ac perditi	D
vivi inbecilli ac mortui	D
iam nemo posthac mortuus	C
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Hymn For The Epiphany	E
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Lift up your eyes whoe'er ye be	E
That fare the new born Christ to see	E
For yonder is the shining sign	E
Of grace perennial and divine	E
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What means this star whose piercing rays	C
Outshine the sun's resplendent blaze	C
'Tis token sure that God is come	F
In mortal flesh to make His home	F
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No courtier of the realms of night	D
Nor monthly moon's bright acolyte	D
This star directs the course of day	D
Sole sovereign of the heavenly way	D
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Although the Bears their track retrace	C
Nor wholly their clear beams efface	C
Yet ofttimes 'neath the dun cloud's haze	C
They hide themselves from mortal gaze	C
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But yon Star's glory hath no end	D
Nor to the depths can it descend	D
It ne'er is whelmed by envious cloud	D
That seeks its beauty to enshroud	D
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Now let the baleful comet die	D
The brood of blazing Sirius fly	D
God's orb shall quench their sultry heats	C
And drive them from their haughty seats	C
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Lo from the regions of the morn	E
Wherein the radiant sun is born	E
The Persian sages see on high	D
God's ensign shining in the sky	D
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Soon as its rising beams prevail	L
The starry hosts in order pale	L
E'en Lucifer durst not upraise	C
The silvery splendours of his face	C
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Who is this sovereign they enquire	E
That lords it o'er the ethereal choir	E
'Fore whom the heavens bow down afraid	D
Of all the worlds of light obeyed	D
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Sure 'tis the sign most reverend	D
Of Being that doth know no end	D
Of One in state sublime arrayed	D
Ere sky and chaos yet were made	D
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This is the King of Israel	L
Of all in Gentile lands that dwell	L
The King to Abram and his seed	D
Throughout all ages erst decreed	D
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To him 'twas given his progeny	E
As stars innumerous to see	E
First of believers moved to slay	D
His only son so God to obey	D
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Behold the Flower of David shine	E
Of Jesse's root the Branch benign	E
The sceptre spread with blossoms rare	E
Wields o'er the world its lordship fair	E
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Roused by the portent of the sky	D
The sages fix their gaze on high	D
And speed them 'neath the furrowed way	D
Marked by the star's effulgent ray	D
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At length its flaming steps it stayed	D
Poised over where the Child was laid	D
Straightway with downcast mien it shed	D
Its splendours on the sacred Head	D
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Whereat the travellers outpour	E
Of Eastern gifts their treasure store	E
Myrrh and sweet smelling frankincense	C
Gold meet for regal opulence	C
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Behold herein the triple sign	E
Of Thy pure being King divine	E
Seeing the Father willed in Thee	E
To plant a threefold majesty	E
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The gift of gold thee King proclaims	C
Thee God the fragrant incense names	C
The myrrh declares that Death shall thrust	D
Within the tomb Thy body's dust	D
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Ah that dark sepulchre whose fold	D
God's body quenched in death doth hold	D
Yet shall He from that durance wake	M
And Death's strong prison fetters break	M
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O Bethlehem no longer thou	O
The least of cities all shall vow	O
That thou art greatest on the earth	O
For thou man's King didst bring to birth	O
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Yea thou didst on thy bosom bear	E
The All loving Father's only heir	E
Man of the Thunderer's Spirit made	D
And God in human flesh arrayed	D
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The prophets witnessed to the bond	D
Which sealed to Him the realm profound	D
The Father's Kingdom He received	D
And the vast legacy perceived	D
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All things are His in sea and sky	D
In hell beneath in heaven on high	D
From East to setting sun in fee	E
He holds the earth's immensity	D
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Distraught the tyrant base doth hear	E
That now the King of Kings draws near	E
To reign in David's seat of state	D
And Israel's empire dominate	D
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Betrayed are we he maddened cries	C
Our throne's usurper doth arise	C
Go soldiers go with sword in hand	D
And slay all babes within my land	D
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Spare no male child each nurse's robe	H
Your scrutinizing steel must probe	H
Spare not the suckling infant though	O
O'er mother's breast its life blood flow	O
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On Bethlehem our suspicion falls	C
On every hearth within its walls	C
Lest mothers with love's tender zeal	L
Some manly scion may conceal	L
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With daggers drawn the infuriate crew	E
Upon their murderous errand flew	E
Each latest offspring of the womb	F
To bloody death they foully doom	F
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Ah tiny limbs 'twas hard to know	O
How best to strike the fatal blow	O
Too wide the sword blades are to smite	D
Those throats so silken fragile slight	D
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O horrid sight the tender bones	C
Are dashed against the jagg d stones	C
Sightless and mangled there they lie	D
Poor babes untimely doomed to die	D
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Perchance the still deep river laves	C
Their bodies thrust into the waves	C
The current with their sighing sighs	C
Sobs with their latest broken cries	C
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Ye flowers of martyrdom all hail	L
Of rising morn pure blossoms frail	L
By Jesu's foe were ye downcast	D
Like budding roses by the blast	D
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Lambs of the flock too early slain	E
Ye first fruits of Christ's bitter pain	E
Close to His very altar gay	D
With palms and crowns ye now do play	D
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Of what avail is deed so vile	L
Doth Herod gain by murderous guile	L
Of all to death so foully done	E
Escapes triumphant Christ alone	E
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Amidst that tide of infant gore	E
Alone He wins the sheltering shore	E
The virgin's Child survives the stroke	M
When every mother's heart was broke	M
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Thus Moses 'scaped the mad decree	E
Of evil Pharaoh and set free	E
The flock of God prefiguring so	C
Christ spared from fate's malignant blow	C
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Vain too the king's hostility	E
Who framed the pitiless decree	E
That Israel's mothers should not rear	E
To manhood's strength their offspring dear	E
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Quickened by love a woman's mind	D
Found means to thwart that law unkind	D
And falsely true the child concealed	D
Destined to be his people's Shield	D
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On him it was that God did place	C
The august priesthood's holy grace	C
The law on stony tablets writ	D
Did to his trembling hands commit	D
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And may we not with prophet's eye	D
In such a hero Christ descry	E
The proud Egyptian's might he broke	M
And freed his kinsmen from the yoke	M
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So we by Error's might hemmed round	D
Were by our Captain's strength unbound	D
His foe He wounded in the fight	D
And saved us from Death's horrid night	D
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Cheering by sign of flame their feet	D
Moses renewed with waters sweet	D
His folk albeit purified	D
From stain what time they crossed the tide	D
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And he remote on peaceful height	D
Amalek's banded hosts did smite	D
He prayed with arms stretched out above	N
Foreshadowing the Cross of Love	N
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Yet truer Jesus surely he	E
Who after many a victory	E
And labours long the tribes' renown	E
With promised heritage did crown	E
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Who when the waters rose on high	D
And now the Jordan's bed was dry	D
Set up twelve stones of memory	E
Types of apostles yet to be	E
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Rightly the Wise Men said I ween	E
That they Judaea's King had seen	E
Since noble deeds of other days	C
Prophetic chant the Saviour's praise	C
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Of those old rulers He is King	M
Who did to Jacob judgment bring	M
King of the Mother Church divine	E
God's ancient and God's present Shrine	E
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Of Ephraim's sons He is adored	D
Manasseh's sacred house as Lord	D
Reveres Him to His might the seed	D
Of brethren twelve their fealty plead	D
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Nay each degenerate race hath fled	D
Its shameful rites and orgies dread	D
Grim Baal in glowing furnace cast	D
Sinks to the earth forsook at last	D
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Idols smoke blackened wooden hewn	E
Of brass and stone in dust are strewn	E
The chiselled deities downtrod	D
For all confess in Christ their God	D
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Rejoice all peoples Jewry Rome	F
Fair Hellas Thrace Aegyptus' home	F
Persians and Scythian land forlorn	E
Rejoice the world's great King is born	E
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Behold your Chief His praise forth tell	L
Ye sick ye hale all heaven and hell	L
Ay you whose vital spark hath sped	D
For lo in Him e'en Death is dead	D

Aurelius Clemens Prudentius

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