Text: | Sweet Flowerets of the Martyr Band |
Author: | Aurelius Prudentius Clemens, 348-413 |
Translator: | Henry W. Baker, 1821-77 |
Tune: | DAS WALT GOTT VATER |
Composer: | Daniel Vetter, d. 1721 |
1 Sweet flow'rets of the martyr band,
Plucked by the tyrant's ruthless hand
Upon the threshold of the morn,
Like rosebuds by a tempest torn;
2 First victims for th'incarnate Lord,
A tender flock to feel the sword;
Beside the altar's ruddy ray,
With palm and crown, you seemed to play.
3 Ah, what availed King Herod's wrath?
He could not stop the Savior's path.
Alone, while others murdered lay,
In safety Christ is borne away.
4 O Lord, the virgin-born, we sing
Eternal praise to you, our King,
Whom with the Father we adore
And Holy Spirit evermore.
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First Line: | Sweet flow'rets of the martyr band |
Title: | Sweet Flowerets of the Martyr Band |
Author: | Aurelius Prudentius Clemens, 348-413 (cento) |
Translator: | Henry W. Baker, 1821-77 (alt.) |
Meter: | LM |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1982 |
Topic: | Holy Innocents, Martyrs; Lesser Festivals |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | DAS WALT GOTT VATER |
Composer: | Daniel Vetter, d. 1721 |
Meter: | LM |
Key: | D Major |