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Gather ye Rose-buds while ye may, Old Time is still a-flying: And this same flower that smiles to day, To morrow will be dying. The glorious Lamp of Heaven, the Sun, The higher he's a getting; The sooner will his Race be run, And neerer he's to Setting. That Age is best, which is the first,
Below is the text of A solis ortus cardine with the eleven verses translated into English by John Mason Neale in the nineteenth century. Since it was written, there have been many translations of the two hymns extracted from the text, A solis ortus cardine and Hostis Herodes impie, including Anglo-Saxon translations, Martin Luther's German translation and John Dryden's versification.
Gather ye rosebuds while ye may is the first line from the poem "To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time" by Robert Herrick. The words come originally from the Book of Wisdom in the Bible, chapter 2, verse 8. It was the inspiration for several works of art: Gather Ye Rosebuds While Ye May (Waterhouse painting 1908) by John William Waterhouse.
"A Charge to Keep I Have" is a hymn written by Charles Wesley. It was first published in 1762 in Wesley's Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures. The words are based on Leviticus 8:35. It is most commonly sung to the hymn tune Boylston by Lowell Mason.
Whither, also, all we mortals wend our way, making of our funeral dirge the song: Alleluia. Ye who have trod the narrow way most sad; all ye who, in life, have taken upon you the Cross as a yoke, and have followed Me through faith, draw near: Enjoy ye the honours and the crowns which I have prepared for you.
The fourth stanza finally addresses the present congregation to join together in praise. So, this hymn addresses the traditional Three States of the Church (the Church Triumphant, the Church Expectant, the Church Militant), reflecting the belief in the communion of saints. [4] The original text follows: [2] Ye watchers and ye holy ones,
"Awake My Soul and with the Sun" is a 17th-century hymn by the Anglican cleric and hymnodist Thomas Ken. It was written in 1695 as a morning hymn and, latterly, it is usually sung to the tune Morning Hymn by François Hippolyte Barthélemon (1741–1808). Occasionally, it is sung to Old Hundredth. Comprising 14 verses, ordinarily only the first ...
The 1996 miniseries Titanic also features the hymn. The 1979 miniseries S. O. S. Titanic featured "Autumn" instead. The 1958 film A Night to Remember used the "Horbury" version. [7] Wallace Hartley, the ship's band leader, who died when the ship sank (as did all other musicians on board), liked the hymn and had wished to have it performed at ...