when lo!

The phrase "when lo!" resonates through 2 hymns, touching hearts across generations.

“when lo!”· 2 hymns found
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All in the wint­ry night;
Foolish vir­gins, hence, and buy;

when lo!

And all was ra­di­ant light.
Closes on them ev­er­more:

The Winds Were Wailing

Lyricist: Sabine Baring-Gould (1834–1924)
Hymn 1

...All in the wint­ry night;

When lo! the heav­ens blazed as gold,

And all was ra­di­ant light....

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All in the wint­ry night;

When lo! the heav­ens blazed as gold,

And all was ra­di­ant light.

The Winds Were Wailing

The Ten Virgins (Dickinson)

Lyricist: William Dickinson, 1846
Composer: John Gould, 1871
Hymn 2

...Foolish vir­gins, hence, and buy;

Fast thy speed—when lo! the door

Closes on them ev­er­more:...

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Foolish vir­gins, hence, and buy;

Fast thy speed—when lo! the door

Closes on them ev­er­more:

The Ten Virgins (Dickinson)

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