Holy is the True Light, and passing wonderful,
lending radiance to them that endured in the heat
of the conflict, from Christ they inherit a home of
unfading splendour, wherein they rejoice with
gladness evermore. Alleluia!

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Text Authorship:

• by George Herbert Palmer (1842 - 1933) [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

• by William Henry Harris, Sir (1883 - 1973), "Holy is the true light" [ soprano, SATB chorus, and organ ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by Herbert Norman Howells (1892 - 1983), "Holy is the true light", 1936-8, published 1951, first performed 1950 [ soprano, tenor, mixed chorus, and orchestra ], from Hymnus Paradisi, no. 6 [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Gerald Near (b. 1942), "Holy is the true light" [ chorus ] [sung text checked 1 time]

The text above (or a part of it) is used in the following settings:

• by George Dyson (1883 - 1964), "To find the Western path", from Quo Vadis: a Cycle of Poems, no. 9
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