- Christmas Eve
Christmas hath a darkness
Brighter than the blazing moon,
Christmas hath a chillness
Warmer than the heat of June,
Christmas hath a beauty
Lovelier than the world can show:
For Christmas bringeth Jesus,
Brought for us so low.
- Of a Rose
Listen, lordynges, old and yonge,
How this rose began to sprynge
Such a rose to mine lykynge
In all this world ne knowe I non.
Alleluia.
The aungel came fro hevene tour
To greet Marye with gret honour,
- Pilgrim Jesus
Jesus! Christus! Jesus! Natus!
In the manger of my body
Leaps the tiny child, and his breath
Is the word - the dance of God.
Corpus! Beatus! Peregrinus! Natus!
In the ocean of my head
The steadfast ship rides tide and storm
- Song for Athene
Alleluia. May flights of angels sing thee to thy rest.
Alleluia. Remember me, O Lord, when you come into your kingdom.
Alleluia. Give rest, O Lord, to your handmaid who has fallen asleep.
Alleluia. The Choir of Saints have found the well-spring of life and door of paradise.
Alleluia. Life: a shadow and a dream.
Alleluia. Weeping at the grave creates the song:
Alleluia. Come, enjoy rewards and crowns I have prepared for you.
- Tune Thy Music
Tune thy Music to thy heart,
Sing thy joy with thanks, and so thy sorrow:
Though Devotion needs not Art,
Sometimes of the poor the rich may borrow.
Strive not yet for curious ways:
Concord pleaseth more, the less ʼtis strained
Zeal affects not outward praise,
- Victimae paschali laudes
Victimae paschali laudes immolent Christiani.
Agnus redemit oves:
Christus innocens
Patri reconciliavit peccatores.
Mors et vita duello conflixere mirando:
dux vitae mortuus, regnat vivus.
Dic nobis Maria, quid vidisti in via?
Sepulchrum Christi viventis,