{"slug": "the-strife-is-oer-the-battle-done", "title": "The Strife Is O'er, the Battle Done", "first_line": "The strife is o'er, the battle done", "author_source": "Latin, anonymous", "translator": "francis-pott", "translator_date": "1861", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [8, 8, 8], "doubled": false, "refrain": true, "alleluia": true, "irregular": false}, "topics": ["Easter", "Christ, Resurrection of", "Victory", "Praise, Son"], "scripture": ["1 Corinthians 15:54-57", "2 Timothy 1:10", "Acts 2:22-24"], "provenance": {"layer": "text", "source": "hymns-ancient-and-modern-1861", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "pd_basis": "pub_pre_1931", "pd_evidence": "Francis Pott's translation as printed in Hymns Ancient and Modern, 1861, Hymn 114 \u2014 the plate (archive.org henrmode00chur, leaf 174) and the same book's OCR were both read for this import. The page is headed 'Easter. Hymn 114.' and prints an unnumbered 'ALLELUIA! ALLELUIA! ALLELUIA!' above five stanzas, each closing with a single 'Alleluia!'; the five stanzas are the five encoded here. The stanzas are UNNUMBERED on that plate \u2014 they are separated by white space only, the first opening with a drop-cap 'T' \u2014 a point corrected in verification after the import first recorded them as numbered. The book's own first-line index reads 'The strife is o'er, the battle won ... 8,8,8 ... Victory ... 114' (the index prints 'won' where the hymn page prints 'done'). The Hymnal (Episcopal), 1916, #173 (archive.org authoriz00epis, leaf 297) credits the words 'Anon. Latin; Tr. FRANCIS POTT, 1861, alt.' and prints a later, revised recension of the English. Two elisions depart from the 1861 spelling, because the printed spellings do not scan at eight syllables. They are not the same case: 'pow'rs' (plate: 'The powers of death') follows the Open Hymnal exactly, while 'heav'n's' (plate: 'heaven's high portals') follows NEITHER witness \u2014 the Open Hymnal writes 'heav'ns', so this spelling is the importer's own, chosen for the possessive. Both occupy one lyric slot, which is what the meter requires. All components pre-1931.", "pd_jurisdictions": {"US": true}, "encoding_origin": "Open Hymnal Project 2014.06, X:111", "encoding_license": "PD-dedication"}, "stanzas": {"1": {"syllabified": "The strife is o'er, the bat -- tle done; The tri -- umph of the Lord is won; O let the song of praise be sung. Al -- le -- lu -- ia!", "prose": ["The strife is o'er, the battle done;", "The triumph of the Lord is won;", "O let the song of praise be sung.", "Alleluia!"]}, "2": {"syllabified": "The pow'rs of death have done their worst, And Je -- sus hath His foes dis -- persed; Let shouts of praise and joy out -- burst. Al -- le -- lu -- ia!", "prose": ["The pow'rs of death have done their worst,", "And Jesus hath His foes dispersed;", "Let shouts of praise and joy outburst.", "Alleluia!"]}, "3": {"syllabified": "On that third morn He rose a -- gain In glor -- ious maj -- es -- ty to reign; O let us swell the joy -- ful strain. Al -- le -- lu -- ia!", "prose": ["On that third morn He rose again", "In glorious majesty to reign;", "O let us swell the joyful strain.", "Alleluia!"]}, "4": {"syllabified": "He closed the yawn -- ing gates of hell; The bars from heav'n's high por -- tals fell; Let songs of joy His tri -- umphs tell. Al -- le -- lu -- ia!", "prose": ["He closed the yawning gates of hell;", "The bars from heav'n's high portals fell;", "Let songs of joy His triumphs tell.", "Alleluia!"]}, "5": {"syllabified": "Lord, by the stripes which wound -- ed Thee, From death's dread sting Thy ser -- vants free, That we may live, and sing to Thee. Al -- le -- lu -- ia!", "prose": ["Lord, by the stripes which wounded Thee,", "From death's dread sting Thy servants free,", "That we may live, and sing to Thee.", "Alleluia!"]}}, "refrain": {"syllabified": "Al -- le -- lu -- ia, Al -- le -- lu -- ia, Al -- le -- lu -- ia.", "prose": ["Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia."]}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}