The Cyber Hymnal ‎#8783

8783. Awake, Thou Wintry Earth

1 Awake, thou wintry earth!
Fling off thy sadness!
Fair vernal flowers laugh forth
Your ancient gladness!
Christ is risen!

2 Wave, woods, your blossoms all,
Grim Death is dead!
Ye weeping funeral trees,
Lift up your head!
Christ is risen!

3 Come, see the graves are green;
In light, we go
Where now our loved ones rest
In hope below.
Christ is risen!

4 All is fresh and new,
Full of spring and light:
Cold heart, why wearest hue
Of sleep and night?
Christ is risen!

5 Leave thy cares beneath;
Leave thy worldly love;
Begin the better life
With God above!
Christ is risen!

Text Information

• First Line: Awake, thou wintry earth!
• Title: Awake, Thou Wintry Earth
• Author: Thomas Blackburne (1850, alt.)
• Language: English
• Source: Hymns and Poems for the Sick and Suffering, by Thomas Vincent Fosbery (2nd ed.) (London: Rivingtons: 1860, alt.
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: [Awake, thou wintry earth]
• Composer: George Frederick Root (1875)
• Key: B♭ Major
• Source: The Sunny Side by Charles W. Wendte and Henry S. Perkins (New York: William A. Pond, 1875)
• Copyright: Public Domain