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returns with jubilation,

When the Tree of our salvation,

Chiefest of the forest nation,

Wrought the work of reparation,

Fallen man redeeming.

Through Judæa's rage infernal

From the nut breaks forth the kernel:

Hangs upon the Cross the Eternal:

Trembles earth: the sun supernal

Hides in shades his beaming.

Accusation, condemnation,

Pillar, thongs, and flagellation,

Gall and bitter coronation,

This He bore, and reprobation,

Railing and blaspheming.