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��(iiRST VERSION) Hans Leo Hassler (1564-1612).

PASSION CHORALE. (7 G. V 0. d.) o = 50. Hiinnonized by Johann Sebastian Bach.

Paulus Gerhardt (1007-1070).

Tr. Henry Williams Baker (1821-1S77).

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O SACRED head, surrounded By crown of piercing thorn !

bleeding head, so wounded, Reviled, and put to scorn !

Death's pallid hue comes o'er thee,

The glow of life decays, Yet angel-hosts adore thee,

And tremble as they gaze.

I see thy strength and vigour All fading in the strife,

And death with cruel rigour Bereaving thee of life ;

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