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��(iiRST VERSION) Hans Leo Hassler (1564-1612).
PASSION CHORALE. (7 G. V 0. d.) o = 50. Hiinnonized by Johann Sebastian Bach.
Paulus Gerhardt (1007-1070).
Tr. Henry Williams Baker (1821-1S77).
D ^&au))t lion 9?(ut uitb SBunbcn,
O SACRED head, surrounded By crown of piercing thorn !
bleeding head, so wounded, Reviled, and put to scorn !
Death's pallid hue comes o'er thee,
The glow of life decays, Yet angel-hosts adore thee,
And tremble as they gaze.
I see thy strength and vigour All fading in the strife,
And death with cruel rigour Bereaving thee of life ;
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