110. Alleluia, song of gladness
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Dulce Carmen:
Essay on the Church Plain Chant, 1782;
Arr. Samuel Webbe, 1792
Latin;
Tr. John Mason Neale, 1861;
Alt.
Alleluia, song of gladness, Voice of joy that cannot die; Alleluia is the anthem Ever dear to choirs on high; In the house of God abiding Thus they sing eternally. | Alleluia thou resoundest, True Jerusalem and free; Alleluia, joyful mother, All thy children sing with thee; But by Babylon's sad waters Mourning exiles now are we. | 98 Alleluia cannot always Be our song while here below; Alleluia our transgressions Make us for a while forego: For the solemn time is coming When our tears for sin must flow. | Therefore in our hymns we pray thee, Grant us, blessed Trinity, At the last to keep thine Easter In our home beyond the sky; There to thee for ever singing Alleluia joyfully. | |