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O sacred head sore wounded Defiled




O sacred head, sore wounded,
defiled and put to scorn;
O kingly head surrounded
with mocking crown of thorn:
What sorrow mars thy grandeur?
Can death thy bloom deflower?
O countenance whose splendor
the hosts of heaven adore!


Thy beauty, long-desirèd,
hath vanished from our sight;
thy power is all expirèd,
and quenched the light of light.
Ah me! for whom thou diest,
hide not so far thy grace:
show me, O Love most highest,
the brightness of thy face.


I pray thee, Jesus, own me,
me, Shepherd good, for thine;
who to thy fold hast won me,
and fed with truth divine.
Me guilty, me refuse not,
incline thy face to me,
this comfort that I lose not,
on earth to comfort thee.


In thy most bitter passion
my heart to share doth cry,
with thee for my salvation
upon the cross to die.
Ah, keep my heart thus moved
to stand thy cross beneath,
to mourn thee, well-beloved,
yet thank thee for thy death.


What language shall I borrow
to thank thee, dearest friend,
for this thy dying sorrow,
thy pity without end?
Oh, make me thine for-ever!
and should I fainting be,
Lord, let me never, never,
outlive my love for thee.


My days are few, O fail not,
with thine immortal power,
to hold me that I quail not
in death's most fearful hour;
that I may fight befriended,
and see in my last strife
to me thine arms extended
upon the cross of life.

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LYRICS
Meter: 7 6 7 6 D
Writer(s):
    Trans/Adapted:
      Dates: 1899
      Bible Refs: Mk 15:17-18; Jn 19;
      LIST OF LYRIC SOURCES
      Hymn/Song Book Year Song #
      1965# 158
      1994# 552
      1955# 204
      1925# 83
      1931# 128
      1908# 140
      1938# 140
      1917# 310
      1906# 102
      1971# 452
      1940# 75
      1982# 168
      1986# 90
      1900# 62
      MUSIC
      Name: PASSION CHORALE
      Meter: 7 6 7 6 D
      Writer(s):
        Dates: 1601,1729
        LIST OF MUSIC SOURCES
        Hymn/Song Book Song # Key
        # 178C
        # 446C
        # 91C
        # 145C
        # 182C
        # 126C
        # 176C
        # 202C
        # 768C
        # 111C
        # 187D
        ALTERNATIVE TUNES
        Name meter
        7 6 7 6 D
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