Days grow long­er, sun­beams strong­er,
Eastertide makes all things new;
Lent is ban­ished, sad­ness van­ished;
Christ hath ris­en, rise we, too!
Christmas meet­ings,
Twelfth night greet­ings,
Whitsun sports are glad and gay;
But the light­est, and the bright­est
Of our feasts is East­er Day.

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Hallelujah!
Blessèd Feast of East­er Day.

Earthly sto­ry crowns with glo­ry
Him who earth­ly foes o’er­came;
Victor’s laur­el ends the quar­rel;
Honor dwells about His name;
Vanished le­gions, con­quered re­gions
Kings de­posed and princ­es bound;
Exaltation, ac­cla­ma­tion,
Fill His ears and float around.

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Then un­end­ing and trans­cend­ing
Be the glo­ry of the Son;
For trans­cend­ent and re­splend­ent
Was the vic­t’ry He hath won.
Death hath yield­ed, life is shield­ed,
Satan bound, and Hell in chains;
Chased is ter­ror, fled is er­ror,
Grief is past, and joy re­mains.

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