It is slightly puzzling why Bishop Coxe titled this piece Easter Virelay, since although it is somewhat chiasmic in its structure the rhyming scheme does not follow the classic structure of a virelay. I have modified the well-known German chorale, In dir ist Freude, to fit the text.
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The Right Rev. Arthur Cleveland Coxe, D.D., LL.D. (1818-1896), Second Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Western New York. Image courtesy of Wikipedia Commons |
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