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#135 from Lutheran Book of Worship
The strife is o'er the battle done
Tune
Victory
Metric Index
8 8 8 with alleluias
Key & Modality
D Major
Last uses
No previous uses
Poem Words (five verses)
1.
The strife is o'er, the battle done;
Now is the victor's triumph won!
Now be the song of praise begun.
Alleluia!
Now is the victor's triumph won!
Now be the song of praise begun.
Alleluia!
2.
The pow'rs of death have done their worst,
But Christ their legions hath dispersed.
Let shouts of holy joy outburst.
Alleluia!
But Christ their legions hath dispersed.
Let shouts of holy joy outburst.
Alleluia!
3.
The three sad days have quickly sped,
He rises glorious from the dead.
All glory to our risen head!
Alleluia!
He rises glorious from the dead.
All glory to our risen head!
Alleluia!
4.
He broke the age-bound chains of hell;
The bars from heav'n's high portals fell.
Let hymns of praise his triumph tell.
Alleluia!
The bars from heav'n's high portals fell.
Let hymns of praise his triumph tell.
Alleluia!
5.
Lord, by the stripes which wounded you,
From death's sting free your servants too,
That we may live and sing to you,
Alleluia!
From death's sting free your servants too,
That we may live and sing to you,
Alleluia!
Hymn References
Composer
Giovanni P. da Palestrina 1525-1594 (adapt.)
Original Language
Latin
Publication Date
1978
Source
Symphonia Sirenum Köln
Topic
Easter
Translator
Francis Pott 1832-1909
Other Hymns By Tune (in Zack's Database)
#366 in Evangelical Lutheran Worship / The strife is o'er, the battle done (D Major ) [click to view]#208 in The Hymnal 1982 (Episcopal) / The strife is o'er, the battle done (D Major ) [click to view]
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