From east to west, from shore to shore

From east to west, from shore to shore. Sedulius* (ca. 5th century), translated by John Ellerton* (1826-1893). The Latin text, beginning ‘A solis ortus cardine’* is part of an abecedary poem of 23 stanzas entitled ‘Paean Alphabeticus de Christo’ (‘A triumphal alphabetical song about Christ’). Another selection of stanzas from this hymn is ‘Hostis Herodes impie’*, translated by Percy Dearmer* as ‘Why, impious Herod, shouldst thou fear’*. Ellerton’s translation of ‘A solis ortus cardine’ was made for Church Hymns (1871; Church Hymns with Tunes, 1874), of which he was one of the editors. It was in Common Metre (four verses and a doxology from it are in HP). Ellerton then made a revised version...