William Billings — Easter Anthem

The Lord is risen indeed! Hallelujah! The Lord is risen indeed! Hallelujah! Now is Christ risen from the dead And become the first fruit of them that slept And become the first fruit of them that slept Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah And did he rise? And did he rise? Did he rise? Hear it, ye nations! hear it O ye dead! He rose, he rose, he rose, he rose He burst the bars of death (Repeat previous line twice) And triumphed o'er the grave Then, then, then I rose Then I rose, then I rose Then first humanity triumphant Past the crystal ports of light And seized eternal youth Men all immortal hail, hail, heaven All lavish of strange gifts to man Thine's all the glory, man's the boundless bliss