IX.

JESUS RISEN.

I.

All hail! dear Conqueror! all hail !

O what a victory is Thine!

How beautiful Thy strength appears,

Thy crimson wounds, how bright they shine!

II.

Thou camest at the dawn of day;

Armies of souls around Thee were,

Blest spirits, thronging to adore

Thy Flesh, so marvellous, so fair.

III.

The everlasting Godhead lay

Shrouded within those Limbs Divine,

Nor left untenanted one hour

That sacred Human Heart of Thine.

IV.

They worshipped Thee, those ransomed souls,
With the fresh strength of love set free,
They worshipped joyously, and thought
Of Mary while they looked on Thee.

V.

And Thou too, Soul of Jesus! Thou

Towards that sacred Flesh didst yearn,

And for the beatings of that Heart

How ardently Thy love did burn.

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VI.

They worshipped, while the beauteous Soul Paused by the Body's wounded Side:— Bright flashed the cave,—before them stood The Living Jesus Glorified.

VII.

Down, down, all lofty things on earth,
And worship Him with joyous dread!

O Sin! thou art outdone by love!

O Death! thou art discomfited!

VIII.

Ye Heavens, how sang they in your courts, How sang the angelic choirs that day, When from His tomb the imprisoned God,

Like the strong sunrise, broke away.

IX.

O I am burning so with love,

I fear lest I should make too free;

Let me lie silent and adore

Thy glorified Humanity.

X.

Ah! now Thou sendest me sweet tears;
Fluttered with love, my spirits fail,--

What shall I say? Thou know'st my heart;
All Hail! dear Conqueror! all hail!

X.

THE APPARITION OF JESUS TO OUR BLESSED LADY.

I.

O Queen of Sorrows! raise thine eyes;
See! the first light of dawn is there;
The hour is come, and thou must end
Thy Forty Hours of lonely prayer.

II.

Day dawns; it brightens on the hill:

New grace, new powers within her wake,

Lest the full tide of joy should crush

The heart that sorrow could not break.