EASTERTIDE
Note.—This hymn may also be sung to the Grenoble Melody at Hymn 141.
2 When Christ, unconquer’d Lion, first
The dragon's chains by rising burst:
And while with living voice he cries,
The dead of other ages rise.
3 Engorged in former years, their prey
Must death and hell restore to day:
And many a captive soul, set free,
With Jesus leaves captivity.
4 Right gloriously lie triumphs now,
Worthy to whom should all things bow;
And joining heaven and earth again,
Links in one commonweal the twain.
5 And we, as these his deeds we sing,
His suppliant soldiers, pray our King,
That in his palace, bright and vast,
We may keep watch and ward at last.
6. Long as unending ages run,
To God the Father, laud be done:
To God the Son, our equal praise,
And God the Holy Ghost, we raise.
Amen.
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