Listen to the song swell­ing o’er the earth,
Millions now their voic­es raise
In tri­um­phant note of praise;
Loud ho­san­nas sing to the con­qu’ring King—
Vanquished He the grave—
From death re­moved the sting.

Refrain

Easter dawn, hap­py morn!
When the Lord rose from death to set us free
For all eter­ni­ty,
We sing our hap­py lay, on this day, and al­way
We’ll re­joice that Christ o’er death
Has gained the vic­to­ry.

Shattered were the bonds of the dis­mal tomb,
Ended, too, were death’s dark woes
On the day when Christ arose;
Heaven rang again with a glad re­frain,
Earth pealed forth the chor­us:
Hell’s dark pow­er is vain.

Refrain

Jesus Christ, the first fruits of them that slept,
Brushed away death’s migh­ty bar;
Heaven’s gates now stand ajar,
And be­yond this strife, sin and ev­il rife,
All may pass thro’ death
Unto eter­nal life.

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