1078. Creator of the World, to Thee

1. Creator of the world, to Thee
And endless rest of joy belongs;
And heavenly choirs are ever free
To sing on high their festal songs.

2. But we are fallen creatures here,
Where pain and sorrow daily come;
And how can we in exile drear
Sing out, as they, sweet songs of Home?

3. O Father, who dost promise still
That they who mourn shall blessèd be,
Grant us to weep for deeds of ill
That banish us so long from Thee.

4. But weeping, grant us faith to rest
In hope upon Thy loving care;
Till Thou restore us, with the blest,
Their songs of praise in Heav’n to share.

5. To Father, Son and Holy Ghost,
The God whom Heav’n and earth adore,
From men and from the angel host
Be praise and glory evermore.

Text Information
First Line: Creator of the world, to Thee
Title: Creator of the World, to Thee
Latin Title: Te laeta mundi Conditor
Author: Charles Coffin (1736)
Translator (from Latin): John M. Neale
Meter: LM
Language: English
Source: Paris Breviary, 1736; Translation: Hymns Ancient and Modern, based on translations by John Chandler (Thou Great Creator, Art Possessed)
Copyright: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: ST. GREGORY
Composer: Johann Balthasar König (1738)
Meter: LM
Incipit: 53561 54351 34321
Key: E♭ Major
Source: Choralbuch, by Johann B. König, 1738.
Copyright: Public Domain



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