Name That Christmas Tune, day 5

[lumineaux]

Saints, before the altar bending,
Watching long in hope and fear;
Suddenly the Lord, descending,
In His temple shall appear.

This is indeed a verse from "Angels from the Realms of Glory."

Comments

[subdivisions.livejournal.com]

I don't recognize the verse at all, but I recognized the cadence and was able to place it with the music in my head. I believe this is Angels from the realms of glory?

Gaaaah!

[jenaiabird.livejournal.com]

is it cheating to listen to the album I think it's from?? Because my brain has attached it to a melody; and therefore a song on Annie Lennox's album... but it's one of the ones I'm unfamiliar with :( I think it's the 1st track on "A Christmas Cornucopia"

Re: Gaaaah!

[lumineaux.livejournal.com]

I hoped this one might be more of a stumper than the others so far.

Re: Gaaaah!

[jenaiabird.livejournal.com]

well i was kinda right... "Angels from the Realms of Glory" is the 1st track on her album... but in listening to it I don't think that's one of the verses she sings!!

[baronessmartha.livejournal.com]

It scans to Ode to Joy, but I was raised an Orthodox Jew and my love of music is not so detailed in Christian religious music.

it's a w-a-g

[rlg.livejournal.com]

Jesu, joy of man's desiring?

[felis-lupus.livejournal.com]

Angels from the Realms of Glory?

I have heard this song exactly twice, I think... but it's the only one that fits, and immediately popped into my head...