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Text:O Light of Light, Love given birth
Author:Anonymous
Translator:Laurence Housman, 1865-1959
Tune:ELMHURST
Composer:Cary Ratcliff, 1953-

787. O Light of Light, Love given birth

1 O Light of Light, Love given birth;
Jesus, Redeemer of the earth:
more bright than day your face did show,
your raiment whiter than the snow.

2 Two prophets, who had faith to see,
with your elect found company;
the heavens above your glory named,
your Father's voice his Son proclaimed.

3 May all who seek to praise aright
through purer lives show forth your light.
To you, the King of glory, now
all faithful hearts adoring bow.

Text Information
First Line: O Light of Light, Love given birth
Latin Title: O nata Lux de lumine
Author: Anonymous
Translator: Laurence Housman, 1865-1959 (alt.)
Meter: L.M.
Language: English
Publication Date: 2010
Topic: Saints' and Other Holy Days: The Transfiguration
Source: 10th century, Latin; Translation: The English Hymnal
Copyright: Alteration by permission of Oxford University Press
Tune Information
Name: ELMHURST
Composer: Cary Ratcliff, 1953-
Meter: L.M.
Key: E♭ Major
Copyright: © 1982 Cary Ratcliff



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