by Louise Imogen Guiney (1861 - 1920)
Tryste Noel Matches base text
Language: English
The Ox he openeth wide the Doore, And from the Snowe he calls her inne, And he hath seen her Smile therefor, Our Ladye without Sinne. Now soone from Sleep A Starre shall leap, And soone arrive both King and Hinde: Amen, Amen: But O, the Place co'd I but finde! The Ox hath hushed his voyce and bent Trewe eyes of Pitty ore the Mow, And on his lovelie Neck, forspent, The Blessed layes her Browe. Around her feet Full Warme and Sweete His bowerie Breath doth meeklie dwell: Amen, Amen: But sore am I with Vaine Travel! The Ox is host in Judah stall And Host of more than onelie one, For close she gathereth withal Our Lorde her littel Sonne. Glad Hinde and King Their Gyfte may bring, But wo'd to-night my Teares were there, Amen, Amen: Between her Bosom and His hayre!
Can be found in The Home Book of Verse, Volume 1 (New York: Henry Holt And Company)
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Composition:
- Set to music by Margaret Ruthven Lang (1867 - 1972), "Tryste Noel", op. 37 (Six songs) no. 5, published 1901 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, A. P. Schmidt
Text Authorship:
- by Louise Imogen Guiney (1861 - 1920), first published 1912
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This text was added to the website: 2006-12-03
Line count: 27
Word count: 146