Religion
Ascension Day
From Hymns of Love and Praise (1866)
Sing, O Heavens! O Earth, rejoice!
Angel harp, and human voice.
Bound Him, as He rises, raise
Your ascending Saviour's praise.
Alleluia!
Bruised is the serpent's head.
Hell is vanquish'd. Death is dead.
And to Christ, gone up on high.
Captive is captivity.
Alleluia!
All His work and warfare done.
He into His Heaven is gone.
And, beside His Father's Throne,
Now is pleading for His own:
Alleluia!
Asking gifts for sinful men.
That He may come down again.
And, the fallen to restore,
In them dwell for evermore.
Alleluia!
Sing, Heavens! Earth, rejoice!
Angel harp, and human voice.
Round Him, in His glory, raise
Tour ascended Saviour's praise.
Alleluia!
Codex Note
Text: God is gone up with a merry noise : and the Lord with the sound of the trump. O sing praises, sing praises unto our God : O sing praises, sing praises unto our King. — Ps. xlvii. 5, 6.
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MLA
Monsell, John S. B. “Ascension Day.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/monsell/137/.
Chicago
Monsell, John S. B. “Ascension Day.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/monsell/137/.
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