Welcome, Happy Morning
Authors: Translated by J. Ellerton, Vemantius Fortunatus • Composers: William J. Kirkpatrick • Meter: 11.11.11.11. with refrain • Language: English • Formats: lyrics, png • Copyright: Free PNG, Public Domain
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1. Welcome, happy morning! age to age shall say:
Hell today is vanquished, heav’n is won today!
Lo, the dead is living, God forevermore!
Him, their true Creator, all his works adore.
Chorus:
Welcome, happy morning! age to age shall say:
Hell today is vanquished, heav’n is won today.
2. Earth with joy confesses, clothing her for spring.
All good gifts returned with her returning King:
Bloom in ev’ry meadow, leaves on ev’ry bough,
Speak his sorrows ended, hail his triumph now.
3. Thou, of life the author, death didst undergo,
Tread the path of darkness saving strength to show;
Come then, true and faithful, now fulfill thy word,
‘Tis thine own third morning; rise, my buried Lord!
4. Loose the souls long-prisoned, bound with Satan’s chain,
All that now is fallen raise to life again;
Show they face in brightness, bid the nations see,
Bring again our daylight; day returns with thee!