{"slug": "o-sacred-head-now-wounded", "title": "O Sacred Head, Now Wounded", "first_line": "O sacred head, now wounded", "author": "bernard-of-clairvaux", "author_date": "1153", "translator": "james-w-alexander", "translator_date": "1830", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [7, 6, 7, 6], "doubled": true, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "topics": ["Christ, Passion of", "Lent", "Cross"], "scripture": ["Matthew 27:29"], "provenance": {"layer": "text", "source": "alexander-1830", "source_kind": "gutenberg", "pd_basis": "pub_pre_1931", "pd_evidence": "Bernard of Clairvaux, tr. James W. Alexander, 1830. Translator d. 1859.", "pd_jurisdictions": {"US": true}, "hymnary_ids": {"text_auth": "o_sacred_head_now_wounded", "total_instances": 772}}, "stanzas": {"1": {"syllabified": "O sa -- cred Head, now wound -- ed, with grief and shame weighed down, Now scorn -- ful -- ly sur -- round -- ed with thorns, Thine on -- ly crown; O sa -- cred Head, what glo -- ry, what bliss till now was Thine! Yet, though de -- spised and gor -- y, I joy to call Thee mine.", "prose": ["O sacred Head, now wounded,", "with grief and shame weighed down,", "Now scornfully surrounded", "with thorns, Thine only crown;", "O sacred Head, what glory,", "what bliss till now was Thine!", "Yet, though despised and gory,", "I joy to call Thee mine."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "What Thou, my Lord, hast suf -- fered, was all for sin -- ners' gain; Mine, mine was the trans -- gres -- sion, but Thine the dead -- ly pain. Lo, here I fall, my Sav -- ior! 'Tis I de -- serve Thy place; Look on me with Thy fa -- vor, vouch -- safe to me Thy grace.", "prose": ["What Thou, my Lord, hast suffered,", "was all for sinners' gain;", "Mine, mine was the transgression,", "but Thine the deadly pain.", "Lo, here I fall, my Savior!", "'Tis I deserve Thy place;", "Look on me with Thy favor,", "vouchsafe to me Thy grace."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "Men mock and taunt and jeer Thee, Thou no -- ble coun -- ten -- ance, Though might -- y worlds shall fear Thee and flee be -- fore Thy glance. How art thou pale with an -- guish, with sore a -- buse and scorn! How doth Thy vis -- age lan -- guish that once was bright as morn!", "prose": ["Men mock and taunt and jeer Thee,", "Thou noble countenance,", "Though mighty worlds shall fear Thee", "and flee before Thy glance.", "How art thou pale with anguish,", "with sore abuse and scorn!", "How doth Thy visage languish", "that once was bright as morn!"]}, "4": {"syllabified": "Now from Thy cheeks has van -- ished their col -- or once so fair; From Thy red lips is ban -- ished the splen -- dor that was there. Grim death, with cru -- el rig -- or, hath robbed Thee of Thy life; Thus Thou hast lost Thy vig -- or, Thy strength in this sad strife.", "prose": ["Now from Thy cheeks has vanished", "their color once so fair;", "From Thy red lips is banished", "the splendor that was there.", "Grim death, with cruel rigor,", "hath robbed Thee of Thy life;", "Thus Thou hast lost Thy vigor,", "Thy strength in this sad strife."]}, "5": {"syllabified": "My bur -- den in Thy Pas -- sion, Lord, Thou hast borne for me, For it was my trans -- gres -- sion which brought this woe on Thee. I cast me down be -- fore Thee, wrath were my right -- ful lot; Have mer -- cy, I im -- plore Thee; Re -- deem -- er, spurn me not!", "prose": ["My burden in Thy Passion,", "Lord, Thou hast borne for me,", "For it was my transgression", "which brought this woe on Thee.", "I cast me down before Thee,", "wrath were my rightful lot;", "Have mercy, I implore Thee;", "Redeemer, spurn me not!"]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}