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"AN EASTER CAROL."
AN EASTER CAROL.
SPRING bursts to-day,
For Christ is risen and all the earth's at play.
For Christ is risen and all the earth's at play.
Flash forth, thou Sun,
The rain is over and gone, its work is done.
The rain is over and gone, its work is done.
Winter is past,
Sweet Spring is come at last, is come at last.
Sweet Spring is come at last, is come at last.
Bud, Fig and Vine,
Bud, Olive, fat with fruit and oil and wine.
Bud, Olive, fat with fruit and oil and wine.
Break forth this morn
In roses, thou but yesterday a Thorn.
In roses, thou but yesterday a Thorn.
Uplift thy head,
O pure white Lily through the Winter dead.
O pure white Lily through the Winter dead.
Beside your dams
Leap and rejoice, you merry-making Lambs.
Leap and rejoice, you merry-making Lambs.
All Herds and Flocks
Rejoice, all Beasts of thickets and of rocks.
Rejoice, all Beasts of thickets and of rocks.
Sing, Creatures, sing,
Angels and Men and Birds and everything.
Angels and Men and Birds and everything.
All notes of Doves
Fill all our world: this is the time of loves.
Fill all our world: this is the time of loves.
