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Victory

The strife is o'er, the battle done

208

The Hymnal 1982 (Episcopal)

Metric Index

888 with Alleluias

Modality

D Major

15-Pitch Humming Index

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Adapter and Arranger

William Henry Monk

Composer

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

Language

English

Original Language

Latin

Publication Date

1985

Source

Latin [1695]

Translator

Francis Pott [1832-1909 (alt.)]

Last Five Uses

• Used on Apr 28, 2024 10:30 as the Recessional Hymn at St. Mark's Episcopal, Honeybrook, PA
• Used on Apr 30, 2023 10:30 as the Recessional Hymn at St. Mark's Episcopal, Honeybrook, PA
• Used on Apr 21, 2019 10:30 as the Entrance Hymn at St. Mark's Episcopal, Honeybrook, PA
• Used on Sep 22, 2017 10:30 as the Entrance Hymn at St. Andrew's Episcopal, Glenmoore, PA
• Used on Apr 16, 2017 11:00 as the Gradual Hymn at St. Andrew's Episcopal, Glenmoore, PA

Poem Words (Five verses)

The strife is o'er, the battle done,
the victory of life is won;
the song of triumph has begun.
Alleluia!

The powers of death have done their worst,
but Christ their legions hath dispersed:
let shout of holy joy outburst.
Alleluia!

The three sad days are quickly sped,
he rises glorious from the dead:
all glory to our risen Head!
Alleluia!

He closed the yawning gates of hell,
the bars from heaven's high portals fell;
let hymns of praise his triumphs tell!
Alleluia!

Lord! by the stripes which wounded thee,
from death's dread sting thy servants free,
that we may live and sing to thee.
Alleluia!