by Miles Coverdale (1488 - 1568)
Easter Hymn
Language: English
Alleluya, Christe is now rysen agayne from His death and all His payne; therfore wyll we mery be, and rejoyse with Him gladly. Kirieleyson. Had He not rysen agayne, we had ben lost, this is playne; but sen He is rysen in dede, let us love Hym all with spede. Kirieleyson. Now is tyme of gladnesse, to synge of the lorde's goodnesse; therfore glad now wyll we be, and rejoyse in Hym onely. Kirieleyson.
Authorship:
- by Miles Coverdale (1488 - 1568) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 - 1958), "Easter Hymn" [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2021-04-15
Line count: 15
Word count: 74