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HEAVENLY HEIGHTS
O happy, holy Easter morn!
What promise lights thy radiant sky!
Earth hails again her hope new-born,
And death is lost in victory.
What promise lights thy radiant sky!
Earth hails again her hope new-born,
And death is lost in victory.
From heavenly heights a glory streams,
Backward the mists of doubt are hurled,
Sorrow and sin are baseless dreams:
A morning freshness holds the world.
Backward the mists of doubt are hurled,
Sorrow and sin are baseless dreams:
A morning freshness holds the world.
O promise sweet! O lovely light!
O life that shall begin again,
As spotless as the lilies white,
Perfect and fair, without a stain!
O life that shall begin again,
As spotless as the lilies white,
Perfect and fair, without a stain!
Look up to Him whose love is sure,
And with the new day's blossoming
Become as little children pure,
In God's divine, immortal Spring.
And with the new day's blossoming
Become as little children pure,
In God's divine, immortal Spring.
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