All My Heart This Night Rejoices - The Hymns and Carols of Christmas
All My Heart This Night Rejoices - The Hymns and Carols of Christmas
All My Heart This Night Rejoices - The Hymns and Carols of Christmas
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<strong>All</strong> <strong>My</strong> <strong>Heart</strong> <strong>This</strong> <strong>Night</strong> <strong>Rejoices</strong><br />
Epiphany<br />
<strong>The</strong> Manifestation <strong>of</strong> the Light <strong>of</strong> the World<br />
Johann von Rist, 1655<br />
Source: Lyra Germanica: First Series, Songs for the Household, 1855<br />
Arise, shine, for thy light is come, <strong>and</strong> the glory <strong>of</strong> the Lord is risen upon thee!<br />
<strong>All</strong><br />
ye Gentile l<strong>and</strong>s awake!<br />
Thou, O Salem, rise <strong>and</strong> shine!<br />
See the day-spring o'er you break,<br />
Heralding a morn divine,<br />
Telling, God hath call'd to mind<br />
Those who long in darkness pined.<br />
Lo! the shadows flee away,<br />
For our Light is come at length,<br />
Brighter than all earthly day,<br />
Source <strong>of</strong> being, life, <strong>and</strong> strength!<br />
Whoso on this Light would gaze<br />
Must forsake all evil ways.<br />
Ah how blindly did we stray<br />
Ere shone forth this glorious Sun,<br />
Seeking each his separate way,<br />
Leaving Heaven, unsought, unwon;<br />
<strong>All</strong> our looks were earthward bent,<br />
<strong>All</strong> our strength on earth was spend.<br />
Earthly were our thoughts <strong>and</strong> low,<br />
In the toils <strong>of</strong> Folly caught,<br />
Toss'd <strong>of</strong> Satan to <strong>and</strong> fro,<br />
Counting goodness all for nought;<br />
By the world <strong>and</strong> flesh deceived,<br />
heaven's true joys we disbelieved.<br />
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