Text: | Virgin-born, we bow before thee |
Author: | Reginald Heber (1783-1826) |
Tune: | QUEM PASTORES LAUDAVERE |
Adapter: | Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) |
1 Virgin-born, we bow before thee:
blessèd was the womb that bore thee;
Mary, mother meek and mild,
blessèd was she in her child.
2 Blessèd was the breast that fed thee;
blessèd was the hand that led thee;
blessèd was the parent's eye
that watched thy slumbering infancy.
3 Blessèd she by all creation,
who brought forth the world's Salvation
blessèd they, for ever blest,
who love thee most and serve thee best.
4 Virgin-born, we bow before thee:
blessèd was the womb that bore thee;
Mary, mother meek and mild,
blessèd was she in her child.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Virgin-born, we bow before thee |
Author: | Reginald Heber (1783-1826) |
Meter: | 88 87 |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 2013 |
Scripture: | ; |
Topic: | Blessed Virgin Mary; Blessing; Church Year: Christmas(2 more...) |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | QUEM PASTORES LAUDAVERE |
Adapter: | Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) |
Meter: | 88 87 |
Key: | F Major |
Source: | German 15th-century melody |
Copyright: | Arrangement: From The English Hymnal, 1906. Reproduced by permission of Oxford University Press. All rights reserved. |