nipped by Her­od’s hand

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First in the mar­tyrs’ ar­my stood;

nipped by Her­od’s hand

Torn from the stem, bap­tized in blood.

Murder of the Innocents

lyricist: Thomas Murray, 1847
Composer: As Hymnodus Sacer, 1625
Hymn 1

...First in the mar­tyrs’ ar­my stood;

Fair spring flow­ers, nipped by Her­od’s hand,

Torn from the stem, bap­tized in blood....

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First in the mar­tyrs’ ar­my stood;

Fair spring flow­ers, nipped by Her­od’s hand,

Torn from the stem, bap­tized in blood.

Murder of the Innocents

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