Ride On! Ride On in Majesty!
Words: Henry Hart Milman
Music: WINCHESTER NEW, from Musikalisches Handbuch (Hamburg, 1690), 1690
Ride on! Ride on in majesty!
Hark! all the tribes hosanna cry;
O Savior meek pursue Thy road
With palms and scattered garments strewed.
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 wond'ring eyes
To see th'approaching sacrifice.
Ride on! Ride on in majesty!
Thy last and fiercest strife is nigh;
The Father on His sapphire throne
Expects His own anointed Son.
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 pow'r and reign.