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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XIV. The world itself keeps Easter Day.
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The world itself keeps Easter Day,And Easter larks are singing;
And Easter flowers are blooming gay,
And Easter buds are springing:
Alleluia, Alleluia:
The Lord of all things lives anew,
And all His works are rising too:
Alleluia, Alleluia!
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There stood three Maries by the tomb,On Easter morning early;
When day had scarcely chas'd the gloom,
And dew was white and pearly:
Alleluia, Alleluia:
With loving but with erring mind,
They came the Prince of Life to find:
Alleluia, Alleluia!
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But earlier still the Angel sped,His news of comfort giving;
And “Why,” he said, “among the dead
Thus seek ye for the Living?”
Alleluia, Alleluia:
“Go, tell them all, and make them blest;
Tell Peter first, and then the rest.”
Alleluia, Alleluia!
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But one, and one alone, remain'dWith love that could not vary;
And thus a joy past joy she gained,
That some-time sinner, Mary:
Alleluia, Alleluia:
The first the dear, dear form to see
Of Him That hung upon the Tree:
Alleluia, Alleluia!
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The world itself keeps Easter Day,Saint Joseph's Star is beaming,
Saint Alice has her primrose gay,
Saint George's Bells are gleaming:
Alleluia, Alleluia:
The Lord hath ris'n, as all things tell:
Good Christians, see ye rise as well!
Alleluia, Alleluia!
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