Author: Nicholas le Tourneaux; Isaac Williams Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7 Appears in 4 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Angels come on joyous pinion,
Down the Heav’n’s melodious stair;
Triumphing o’er death’s dominion,
Up to this our lower air.
Christ has risen! Christ has risen!
And hath burst the sepulcher.
2 All in vain, the posted station
Of the armèd soldiery,
All in vain, the faithless nation
Set the seal and watches nigh;
Ye need not fear, ye need not fear,
None can reach where He doth lie!
3 He Himself, from sleep awaking,
Who spontaneous bore the gloom,
Through the seals, and without breaking,
Hath come forth and left the tomb;
Death could not hold, death could not hold
Him born of a virgin’s womb.
4 Lord, with Thee in daily dying
May we die, and with Thee rise;
And on earth, ourselves denying,
Lift our hearts unto the skies,
To sing our God, to sing our God,
Three in One, sole Good and Wise. Used With Tune: REGENT SQUARE Text Sources: Paris Breviary, 1736; Tr.: Hymns Translated from the Parisian Breviary (London: J. G. F. & J. Rivington, 1839)
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