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 Now the voice of exultation, Now the triumph of salvation Free and wide its tidings flings: This is the day the hath made: the day That bids our sin and sorrow flee away, Life and light and health that brings.

In the Law the types lay shaded: In the promised End they faded, , Who all things consummates; , Whose Blood aside hath turned That devouring sword which burned, Waving wide, at Eden's gates. Yea, that child, our Mystic Laughter, For whose sake the ram fell after, Signifies the Joy of Life; Joseph from the prison goeth: , by Resurrection, showeth He hath conquered in the strife.

He the Dragon that, devouring Pharaoh's dragons, rose, o'erpowering All their malice and their might; He the Serpent set on high That the people might not die From the fiery serpents' bite.