For Sunday (Smart, set by C. Susa) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


Arise, Arise, the Lord arose
On this triumphant day, the Lord arose
On this triumphant day; Arise, Arise!

Your souls to piety dispose,
Arise to bless and pray.
Arise, Arise, Arise!

Ev'n rustics do adorn them now,
Themselves in roses dress;
And to the clergyman they bow,
When he begins to bless.

Their best apparel now arrays
The little girls and boys;
And better than the preacher prays
For heav'ns eternal joys.

Authorship

Christopher Smart (1722-1771)

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

Conrad Susa (1935-)

Hymns for the Amusement of Children

Date added to the website: 2008-09-15.

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