Thursday, December 3, 2020

O Come, O Come, Emmanuel (stanza 5)

Yesterday I posted the fourth of the seven stanzas of the ninth-century Latin hymn "O Come, O Come, Emmanuel," a Christian hymn for Advent and Christmas, translated by John Mason Neale (1818-1866). Here is stanza 5 of that hymn. Tomorrow I will post stanza 6.

O come, thou Key of David, come,
And open wide our heavenly home;
Make safe the way that leads on high,
And close the path to misery.
          Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel
          Shall come to thee, O Israel.

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