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DAYBREAK
What of hope remainèd?
Black against the sky,
Calvary's awful crosses
Stretched their arms on high!
Black against the sky,
Calvary's awful crosses
Stretched their arms on high!
Mary Magdalene
Made her bitter moan:
"From the sealéd sepulchre
Who shall roll the stone?"
Made her bitter moan:
"From the sealéd sepulchre
Who shall roll the stone?"
Swift she ran, her spirit
Filled with awe and fear;
Wide the door stood open
As her feet drew near!
Filled with awe and fear;
Wide the door stood open
As her feet drew near!
All the place was flooded
With a radiance bright;
Forth into the darkness
Streamed a holy light.
With a radiance bright;
Forth into the darkness
Streamed a holy light.
Down she stooped, and peering
The dread tomb within,
Saw a great white angel
Where the Lord had been!
The dread tomb within,
Saw a great white angel
Where the Lord had been!
Sore she cried in anguish:
"Who hath him betrayed?
They have taken away my Lord!
Where is he laid?"
"Who hath him betrayed?
They have taken away my Lord!
Where is he laid?"
"Nay," the shining angel,
Calmly smiling, said—
"Why seek ye the living
Down among the dead?
Calmly smiling, said—
"Why seek ye the living
Down among the dead?
