Listen to King's College Choir, free, on their website:<br /> http://bit.ly/kingslisten<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />The choir of King's College, Cambridge sing the Easter hymn, Ride On ! Ride On In Majesty. The choir are joined by the congregation of which there seems very few. The trebles sing a verse on their own as do the gentlemen before the trebles soar to a lovely descant during the final verse. <br /><br /> Ride on, ride on in majesty! <br />Hark, all the tribes hosanna cry, <br />thy humble beast pursues his road <br />with palms and scattered garments strowed. <br /><br />Ride on, ride on in majesty! <br />In lowly pomp ride on to die, <br />O Christ thy triumph now begin <br />oer captive death and conquered sin. <br /><br />Ride on, ride on in majesty! <br />The winged squadrons of the sky<br />look down with sad and wondring eyes <br />to see the approaching sacrifice. <br /><br />Ride on, ride on in majesty! <br />Thy last and fiercest strife is nigh; <br />the Father on his sapphire throne <br />awaits his own anointed Son. <br /><br />Ride on, ride on in majesty!<br />In lowly pomp ride on to die; <br />bow thy meek head to mortal pain, <br />then take, O God, thy power and reign.<br /><br />Henry Milman (1791-1868)
