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Tandem fluctus, tandem luctus

Traditional

“Tandem fluctus, tandem luctus” as printed in Mediaeval Hymns and Sequences (1867).

Traditional: Collected Lyrics Text 317 1867 · historical text
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This text comes from Mediaeval Hymns and Sequences, edited by John Mason Neale, a historical songbook transcribed on Wikisource and reproduced from the pinned revision linked below.

Verse 1

Storm and terror, grief and error,

Comes the Sun to chase away:

And the morning fast adorning

All the sky proclaims the day.

Verse 2

O true splendour, bright and tender,

Sun of Righteousness on high,

Port Thou showest, source Thou owest

To the Virgin's purity!

Verse 3

Now Thou keepest rest and sleepest

In that zodiac of delight;

Joy hereafter shall with laughter

Hail the coming Monarch's sight.

Verse 4

Satan, gnashing, sees it flashing

Through that cloud so pure and white:

Thou endurest ever purest,

Virgin Mother of the Light.

Verse 5

Darkness scattered, hell gates shattered,

Victory to the souls draws nigh,

Whom confession of transgression

Justly had condemned to die.

Verse 6

Earth rejoices: heavenly voices

Bender praise to God above;

Now renewing and hedewing

Every soul with fuller love. Amen.

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Traditional words. Historical text published in Mediaeval Hymns and Sequences (1867); public domain. No claim to a modern recording or arrangement.

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Mediaeval Hymns and Sequences (1867), edited by John Mason Neale, “Tandem fluctus, tandem luctus”

The 1867 published edition is in the public domain in the United States (pre-1931 publication). Entries whose credited author or translator died more than 70 years ago are also in the public domain in life-plus-70 jurisdictions; other entries are held.

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