Ring, ye chim­ing bells, your glad­some sto­ry,
At this hap­py time, this won­drous East­er time!
Telling how the King arose in glo­ry,
Ring your sweet­est chime,
Your glad tri­um­phant chime.

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Ring, ye bells! ring as dawn ap­pear­eth!
Ring, oh ring, for the an­gels bright
Came to tell news that ev­er cheer­eth
All the pil­grims who seek the light.

Ever, as you chime the East­er glad­ness,
Out of dis­tant years, yea, out of si­lent years,
Cometh still the balm for earth­ly sad­ness,
Calm for earth­ly fears
And joy for earth­ly tears.

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Look! we al­most seem to see the shin­ing
Of the an­gel bright, in glo­ri­ous robes of light!
Hark! he saith, The one in death re­clin­ing,
Hath aris’n in might,
Aris’n in pow’r and might!

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