Flee away, ye shades of night!
Sweetly breaks the morn­ing light;
Never was there morn like this,
Dawning of eter­nal bliss;
As the light dis­pels the gloom,
See! the East­er lil­ies bloom.

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Flee away, ye shades of night!
Sweetly dawns the morn­ing light.

Flee away, O dark des­pair,
As I greet the morn­ing fair;
Like the Mas­ter I shall rise,
Where the day­light nev­er dies;
At the por­tal of the tomb,
See! the East­er lil­ies bloom.

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Risen Lord and Sav­ior dear,
Let me feel Thee ev­er near.
From Thine emp­ty tomb there beams
Risen hopes o’er fad­ed dreams;
E’en amidst the val­ley’s gloom,
See! the East­er lil­ies bloom.

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As the cal­yx­es of gold,
Rest within the lil­ies’ fold,
Sweetly I may rest in Thee
And o’er death cry Vic­to­ry!
Boasting grave, I read thy doom,
In the East­er lil­ies’ bloom.

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