At the Lamb’s high feast we sing
At the Lamb’s high feast we sing. Latin, Roman Breviary, 1632, translated by Robert Campbell* (1814-1868).
This Easter Communion hymn is a translation of ‘Ad regias Agni dapes’*, a hymn in the Roman Breviary (1632) derived from ‘Ad cenam Agni providi’* (pre-8th-century). Campbell’s translation appeared in his Hymns and Anthems for Use in the Holy Services of the Church within the United Diocese of St Andrews, Dunkeld, and Dunblane (Edinburgh, 1850). It was then printed with alterations in the First Edition of A&M (1861):
Campbell, 1850 A&M
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