Text: | Ride on, ride on in majesty |
Author: | Henry Hart Milman, 1791-1868 |
Tune: | WINCHESTER NEW |
Adapter: | William Henry Havergal, 1793-1870 |
1 Ride on, ride on in majesty;
hark, all the tribes hosanna cry!
O Saviour meek, pursue your road
with palms and scattered garments strowed.
2 Ride on, ride on in majesty,
in lowly pomp ride on to die.
O Christ, your triumphs now begin
o’er captive death and conquered sin.
3 Ride on, ride on in majesty;
the winged squadrons of the sky
look down with sad and wondering eyes
to see the approaching sacrifice.
4 Ride on, ride on in majesty:
your last and fiercest strife is nigh;
the Father on his sapphire throne
awaits his own anointed Son.
5 Ride on, ride on in majesty,
in lowly pomp ride on to die;
bow your meek head to mortal pain,
then take, O Christ, your power and reign!
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Ride on, ride on in majesty |
Author: | Henry Hart Milman, 1791-1868 |
Meter: | 88.88 |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1999 |
Scripture: | ; ; ; ; |
Topic: | Christ's Sacrifice; Jesus Christ: Passion and Cross; Palm Sunday(2 more...) |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | WINCHESTER NEW |
Adapter: | William Henry Havergal, 1793-1870 |
Meter: | 88.88 |
Key: | B♭ Major |
Source: | Adapted from a chorale in 'Musicalisches Hand-Buch', Hamburg, 1690 |