The Strife is O'er, the Battle Done

The Strife is O'er, the Battle Done
by Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina/Edwin George Monk/Melchior Vulpius
Native nameFinita iam sunt proelia
GenreHymn
OccasionEaster
Text17th. C., transl. Francis Pott
LanguageEnglish
Based onMark 16:6
Meter8.8.8 with alleluia
MelodyVictory or Vulpius

"The Strife is O'er, the Battle Done" is a Christian hymn that is traditionally sung at Easter to celebrate the Resurrection of Jesus. It was originally a 17th-century Latin hymn, "Finita iam sunt proelia"; the popular English-language version is an 1861 translation by the English hymnwriter Francis Pott.

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