Flee away, ye shades of night!
Sweetly breaks the morning light;
Never was there morn like this,
Dawning of eter­nal bliss;
As the light dispels the gloom,
See! the East­er lilies bloom.

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Flee away, ye shades of night!
Sweetly dawns the morning light.

Flee away, O dark despair,
As I greet the morning fair;
Like the Mas­ter I shall rise,
Where the daylight ne­ver dies;
At the portal of the tomb,
See! the East­er lilies bloom.

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Risen Lord and Sav­ior dear,
Let me feel Thee ever near.
From Thine empty tomb there beams
Risen hopes o’er faded dreams;
E’en amidst the valley’s gloom,
See! the East­er lilies bloom.

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As the calyxes of gold,
Rest within the lilies’ fold,
Sweetly I may rest in Thee
And o’er death cry Victory!
Boasting grave, I read thy doom,
In the East­er lilies’ bloom.

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