They…made the tomb secure by putting a seal on the stone and posting the guard.
Matthew 27:66
Words: Francis Bottome, Songs from the Parsonage (Cambridge, Massachusetts: University Press, 1894), pages 95–96.
Music: Knightsbridge James Baden Powell, 1885 (🔊 pdf nwc).
If you know where to get a good photo of Baden Powell (head & shoulders, at least 200×300 pixels), or a better one of Bottome,
Hail the blessèd Easter morning!
Hail the resurrection day!
Let the cavern ring with anthems
Where the blessèd Savior lay.
Shout His praises, saints in glory;
Saints below, His praises sing!
Men and angels, bow before Him,
Christ, the everlasting King!
Hail the long-expected triumph!
Hail the victory o’er the grave!
Let the travail-bound creation
Sing His mighty power to save.
Vain the stone, the seal, the warden,
Vain the hate of earth and hell;
Lord of Life! His foes beneath Him
His triumphal chorus swell.