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"In his master’s steps he trod, Where the snow lay dinted; Heat was in the very sod Which the Saint had printed."
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John Mason Neale
John Mason Neale was an English Anglican priest, scholar, and hymnwriter. He worked on and wrote a wide range of holy Christian texts, including obscure medieval hymns, both Western and Eastern. Among his most famous hymns is the 1853 Good King Wenceslas, set on St. Stephen's day, known as Boxing Day in the UK. An Anglo-Catholic, Neale's works have found positive reception in high-church Anglicani
"In his master’s steps he trod, Where the snow lay dinted; Heat was in the very sod Which the Saint had printed."
"Good King Wenceslas lookd out On the Feast of Stephen, When the snow lay round about, Deep, and crisp, and even."
"O come, O come, Emmanuel, And ransom captive Israel."
"All glory, laud, and honour To Thee, Redeemer, King! To Whom the lips of children Made sweet Hosannas ring."
"Brief life is here our portion, Brief sorrow, short-lived care: The Life that knows no ending, The tearless Life, is there."
"Bring me flesh, and bring me wine, Bring me pine-logs hither."
"Jerusalem the golden! With milk and honey blest, Beneath thy contemplation Sink heart and voice opprest: I know not, oh, I know not What joys await us there; What radiancy of glory, What light beyond compare."