Carols for Easter-Tide Set to Ancient Melodies by the Rev. T. Helmore ... the words Principally in imitation of the original, by the Rev. J. M. Neale |
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| XIX. | XIX. Days grow longer.
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XIX. Days grow longer.
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Days grow longer, sunbeams stronger,Easter-tide makes all things new;
Lent is banish'd, sadness vanish'd:
Christ hath risen, rise we too!
Christmas meetings, Twelfth-night greetings,
Whitsun sports are glad and gay;
But the lightest and the brightest
Of our feasts is Easter Day.
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Earthly story crowns with gloryHim who earthly foes o'ercame:
Victor's laurel ends the quarrel,
Honour dwells about his name:
Vanquished legions, conquered regions,
Kings depos'd and princes bound,—
Exultation, acclamation,
Fill his ears and float around.
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Then unending and transcendingBe the glory of the Son:
For transcendent and resplendent
Was the vict'ry He hath won:
Death hath yielded, life is shielded,
Satan bound, and Hell in chains:
Chas'd is terror, fled is error,
Grief is past, and joy remains.
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