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EASTER CAROL.
I.
Rejoice thou that weepest,And hold up thy head;
Awake thou that sleepest—
Arise from the dead!
Hope bursts from the prison
That held her so long;
The shout—“Christ is risen!”
Wakes earth into song.
II.
Gross darkness is banishedFrom Death's wintry cave,
And mourning has vanished
Like mist from the wave;
For Christ light bestoweth,
Though dark is the way,
The fount whence it floweth
Is day—endless day.
III.
Despair furls foreverHer banner of gloom;
Its black fold will never
Again wrap the tomb;
Hope bursts from the prison
That held her so long;
The shout—“Christ is risen!”
Wakes earth into song.
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