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Oh! what a night was that which wrapt The heathen world in gloom: Oh! what a sun that broke this day Triumphant from the tomb! Jesus, the friend of human kind, With strong compassion moved, Descended, like a pitying God, To save the souls He loved. The powers of darkness leagued in vain To bind His soul in death; He shook their kingdom, when He fell, With His expiring breath. And now His conquering chariot wheels Ascend the lofty skies; While broke beneath His powerful cross, Death’s iron sceptre lies.
Oh! what a night was that which wrapt The heathen world in gloom: Oh! what a sun that broke this day Triumphant from the tomb! Jesus, the friend of human kind, With strong compassion moved, Descended, like a pitying God, To save the souls He loved. The powers of darkness leagued in vain To bind His soul in death; He shook their kingdom, when He fell, With His expiring breath. And now His conquering chariot wheels Ascend the lofty skies; While broke beneath His powerful cross, Death’s iron sceptre lies.
Approximate author period: c. 1784 AD · early modern
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- Mrs. Barbauld
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- Approximate author period: c. 1784 AD · early modern
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- A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations (catalogued1888) (1888 AD)
Page 38 · printed citation: Mrs. Barbauld · subject: ASCENSION
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