Let the round world with songs rejoice

Let the round world with songs rejoice. Latin, perhaps 11th century, translated by Richard Mant* (1776-1848). This hymn for the Apostles is a translation of the Roman Breviary version of ‘Exultet coelum laudibus’*, beginning ‘Exultet orbis gaudiis’. It is from Mant's Ancient Hymns from the Roman Breviary (1837). It is found in EH and NEH , with a number of alterations from Mant’s text: MantEH Let the round world with songs rejoice; Let heaven return the joyful voice; All mindful of the Apostles’ fame, Earth, sky, their Sovereign’s praise proclaim! Thou at whose word they bore the light Of gospel truth o’er heathen night, O still to us that light impart, To glad our eyes and cheer our...