The Cyber Hymnal ‎#16525

16525. O Earth, On Easter Morning

1 O Earth, on East­er morn­ing
All ju­bi­lant­ly sing,
As on the dear Lord’s al­tar
We lay the flow­ers of spring.
They seemed to die in au­tumn,
But lo, to­day they bloom;
So Christ who died has ris­en
In beau­ty from the tomb.

Refrain:
Lo, Christ the Lord is ris­en!
O Earth, lift up thy voice
In joy of East­er morn­ing,
The Sav­ior lives: re­joice!

2 Behold, the grave is emp­ty
In which the Sav­ior lay;
O’er sin and death tri­um­phant
He lives in Heav’n to­day;
And as our Savior liv­eth,
We know that we shall live
And share with Him the glo­ry
He prom­is­eth to give. [Refrain]

3 All hail, Thou ris­en Sav­ior!
By Thy de­sert­ed tomb
Faith stands and points us heav’n­ward
Above earth’s grief and gloom.
There in the spring of Heav­en
The soul’s white flow­er shall rise
From out earth’s win­ter slum­ber
And bloom in pa­ra­dise. [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: O Earth, on East­er morn­ing
• Title: O Earth, On Easter Morning
• Author: Anonymous
• Refrain First Line: Lo, Christ the Lord is ris­en!
• Meter: 76.76.76 D
• Language: English
• Source: Carols Old and Carols New by Charles L. Hutchins (Boston: Parish Choir, 1916)
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: HERMOSILLO
• Composer: George Edgar Oliver (1916)
• Meter: 76.76.76 D
• Key: E♭ Major
• Copyright: Public Domain