O an­gel fair of East­er dawn
Speed from thy home of glo­ry;
With lov­ing touch dis­pel the clouds,
And tell the joy­ful sto­ry.

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He lives! He lives!
The joy­ous bells are ring­ing;
He lives! He lives!
Earth’s voic­es glad are sing­ing;
The an­gel fair of East­er dawn
Proclaims the won­drous sto­ry;
The Lord is ris’n!
Rejoice! re­joice! re­joice.

Breathe in our hearts a hope di­vine,
Till step­ping from our pri­son
Our long­ing souls with rap­ture cry,
The Lord for us has ris­en!

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Our Je­sus lives who once was dead,
Death’s gates are op­en swing­ing;
Thro’ all the world, O an­gel fair,
Thy mes­sage sweet is ring­ing.

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