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Text:Into the Dim Earth's Lowest Parts Descending
Author:John of Damascus
Translator (from Greek): John M. Neale
Tune:MORNING STAR
Composer:James Proctor Harding
Media:MIDI file

2765. Into the Dim Earth's Lowest Parts Descending

1. Into the dim earth’s lowest parts descending,
And bursting by Thy might the infernal chain
That bound the prisoners, Thou, at three days’ ending,
As Jonah from the whale, hast risen again.

2. Thou brakest not the seal, Thy surety’s token,
Arising from the tomb who left’st in birth
The portals of virginity unbroken,
Opening the gates of Heaven to sons of earth.

3. Thou, sacrifice ineffable and living,
Didst to the Father by Thyself atone
As God eternal: resurrection giving
To Adam, general parent, by Thine own.

Text Information
First Line: Into the dim earth's lowest parts descending
Title: Into the Dim Earth's Lowest Parts Descending
Greek Title: Κατήλθες έν τοίς κατωτάτοις
Author: John of Damascus (8th Century)
Translator (from Greek): John M. Neale
Meter: 11.10.11.10
Language: English
Source: Hymns of the Eastern Church (London: J. Harding, 1862)
Copyright: Public Domain
Notes: Alternate tune: WELWYN, Alfred Scott-Gatty, 1902
Tune Information
Name: MORNING STAR
Composer: James Proctor Harding (1892)
Meter: 11.10.11.10
Incipit: 32176 55713 25433
Key: A♭ Major
Copyright: Public Domain



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