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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
Neale, J. M. (1818-1866)
  
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CAROLS FOR EASTER-TIDE.
 XIII. 
XIII. Let the merry church bells ring.
 XIV. 
XIV. The world itself keeps Easter Day.
 XV. 
XV. Let us tell the story.
 XVI. 
XVI. Give ear, give ear, good Christian men!
 XVII. 
XVII. A song, a song, our Chief to greet.
 XVIII. 
XVIII. Sing Alleluia, all ye lands.
 XIX. 
XIX. Days grow longer.
 XX. 
XX. The morning of Salvation.
 XXI. 
XXI. Let the song be begun.
 XXII. 
XXII. The foe behind.
 XXIII. 
XXIII. 'Twas about the dead of night.
 XXIV. 
XXIV. Easter Day comes on but slowly.

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XIII. Let the merry church bells ring.

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Let the merry church bells ring,
Hence with tears and sighing;
Frost and cold have fled from Spring,
Life hath conquered dying:
Flowers are smiling, fields are gay,
Sunny is the weather;
With our rising Lord to-day
All things rise together.
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Let the birds sing out again
From their leafy chapel,
Praising Him, with Whom in vain
Satan sought to grapple:
Sounds of joy come fast and thick,
As the breezes flutter;
Resurrexit, non est hic,
Is the strain they utter.

3

Let the past of grief be past;
This our comfort giveth,
He was slain on Friday last,
But to-day He liveth:
Mourning heart must needs be gay,
Nor let sorrow vex it;
Since the very grave can say,
Christus resurrexit.
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