Friday, December 4, 2020

O Come, O Come, Emmanuel (stanza 6)

Yesterday I posted the fifth 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 6 of that hymn. Tomorrow I will post stanza 7.

O come, thou Dayspring, come and cheer
Our spirits by thine advent here;
Disperse the gloomy clouds of night,
And death's dark shadows put to flight.
          Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel
          Shall come to thee, O Israel.

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