Note.—A lower setting of this tune will be found at Hymn 33.
THE WEEK BEFORE SEPTUAGESIMA
Alleluya, dulce carmen.
ALLELUYA, song of sweetness,
Voice of joy, eternal lay;
Alleluya is the anthem
Of the choirs in heavenly day,
Which the Angels sing, abiding
In the house of God alway.
2 Alleluya, thou resoundest,
Salem, mother, ever blest;
Alleluyas without ending,
Fit yon place of gladsome rest;
Exiles we, by Babel’s waters,
Sit in bondage and distrest.
3 Alleluya we deserve not
Here to chant for evermore:
Alleluya our transgressions
Make us for awhile give o’er;
For the holy time is coming,
Bidding us our sins deplore.
4. Trinity of endless glory,
Hear thy people as they cry;
Grant us all to keep thy Easter
In our home beyond the sky;
There to thee our Alleluya
Singing everlastingly. Amen.
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