The East­er li­lies shed their rich per­fume,
And greet the morn­ing of the re­sur­rect­ion;
So let our spir­its sweet­ly bud and bloom,
And yield the of­fer­ing of a pure af­fect­ion.

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We ring the bells of East­er­tide!
We sing the praise of Him who died!
We hail the day when He arose,
Triumphant ov­er all His foes.

Let hap­py child­ren hail their ris­en Lord,
And in­fant voic­es soft­ly sing His glo­ry;
Let ev­ery Chris­tian spread the heav’n­ly word,
And tell again the bless­èd East­er sto­ry!

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Today, ye bells, ring out a joy­ful chime,
With cheer­ful tones and mer­ry notes of glad­ness;
And greet once more the hap­py East­er time,
And bid each mourn­ing heart dis­pel its sad­ness.

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O Lord of Life! on this bright East­er morn,
Accept the tri­bute of our ado­ra­tion;
May life di­vine in ev­ery soul be born,
And rise from sin and death to full sal­va­tion.

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