Hymn of St. Kevin
Published in The
Hymnary, Novello, 1872.
1
Come ye faithful, raise the strain
Of
triumphant gladness;
God
hath brought His Israel
Into
joy from sadness;
Loosed
from Pharaoh?s bitter yoke
Jacob?s
sons and daughters;
Led
them with unmoisten?d foot
Through
the
Red Sea
waters.
2
Tis the Spring of souls to-day;
Christ
hath burst His prison,
And
from three days? sleep in death
As
a sun hath risen;
All
the winter of our sins,
Long and dark is flying
From
His light, to Whom we give
Laud
and praise undying.
3
Now the Queen of seasons bright
With
the Day of splendour,
With
the royal Feast of feasts,
Comes
its joy to render;
Comes
to glad
Jerusalem,
Who
with true affection
Welcomes
in unwearied strains
Jesus'
resurrection. Amen.
John Mason Neale, 1818 - 66, from the Greek
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