Now, my soul, thy voice upraising

Now, my soul, thy voice upraising. Claude de Santeuil* (1628-1684), translated by John Chandler* (1806-1876) and Sir Henry Williams Baker* (1821-1877). This hymn was published in the Paris Breviary of 1680, set for Evensong on Good Friday. John Chandler’s translation appeared in The Hymns of the Primitive Church (1837). It was drastically revised by Baker for the First Edition of A&M (1861), where it appeared in the section ‘Hymns on the Passion’ in five stanzas: indeed, the only line of Chandler’s text that survives is the first. Stanza 3 is an example: ChandlerA&M He to liberty restored us By the very bonds he bare,And his nail-pierced limbs afford usEach a stream of mercy...