97 ODE III.
10,9,10,9
John Damascene, 780
Δευτε πομα πιωμεν.
| Come, and let us drink of that New River, Not from barren Rock divinely poured, But the Fount of Life that is for ever From the Sepulchre of CHRIST the LORD. | | All the world hath bright illumination,— Heav’n and Earth and things beneath the earth: ’Tis the Festival of all Creation: CHRIST hath ris’n, Who gave Creation birth: | | Yesterday with Thee in burial lying, Now today with Thee aris’n I rise; Yesterday the partner of Thy dying, With Thyself upraise me to the skies. | |
[In Mr. Young’s book: composed by Dr. Schroeder.]