To See the Approaching Sacrifice

Ride on! ride on in majesty!

Hark! all the tribes “Hosanna” cry;

O Savior meek, pursue thy road

With palms and scattered garments strowed.

Ride on! ride on in majesty!

In lowly pomp ride on to die;

O Christ, thy triumphs now begin

o'er captive death and conquered sin.

Ride on! ride on in majesty!

The angel armies of the sky

Look down with sad and wondering eyes

To see the approaching sacrifice.

Ride on! ride on in majesty!

In lowly pomp ride on to die;

Bow thy meek head to mortal pain,

Then take, O God, thy power, and reign.

Henry Hart Milman, 1820

Tune: ST. DROSTANE (L.M.)

John Bacchus Dykes, 1862

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