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A NEW HYMN, FOR EASTER SUNDAY, 1785;
COMPOSED FOR THE CHURCH OF LESBURY.
O thou! whose son, for mortal man,
Descended from the skies;
Pleased to perform his Father's plan,
To live, to die, to rise!
Descended from the skies;
Pleased to perform his Father's plan,
To live, to die, to rise!
Lead us in Virtue's sacred road,
From this auspicious day;
Teach us, the gifts which Christ bestowed,
Like Christians to repay.
From this auspicious day;
Teach us, the gifts which Christ bestowed,
Like Christians to repay.
From the pure terms of baptism's birth,
Ne'er let us idly roam:
Our spot of pilgrimage, this earth;
Heaven, our eternal home!
Ne'er let us idly roam:
Our spot of pilgrimage, this earth;
Heaven, our eternal home!
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Death will our soul's best powers unfold,
And give them vigorous wing;
As winter's damps, and piercing cold,
Are followed by the spring.
And give them vigorous wing;
As winter's damps, and piercing cold,
Are followed by the spring.
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