MEDIÆVAL HYMNS.
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Him, to Whom from death's dejection
Lion-Mark brings Resurrection,
Rocks then riving, earth then quaking:
God of God, of Splendour, Splendour:
These the titles John could render,
Alpha and Omega making.
They relate the earthly passion,
How He died in mortal fashion,
Crowned with thorns, their suff'ring Lord:
He, upraised to things supernal,
Shows the King of realms eternal,
And the vengeance of His sword.
On these wings evangelistic
Rolls the Monarch's chariot mystic,
One among the Living Four:
While the harpers pour their praises,
And the adoring people raises
Alleluia evermore.
