Here is joy for every age

Here is joy for every age,
Every generation
Prince and peasant, chief and sage,
Every tongue and nation:
Every tongue and nation,
Every rank and station
Hath today salvation,
Alle Alleluia.

When the world drew near its close,
Came out Lord and Leader
From the Lily sprang the Rose,
From the Bush the Cedar
From the Bush the Cedar,
From the judged the Pleader,
From the faint the Feeder:
Alle Alleluia.

God, that came on earth this morn,
In a manger lying,
Hallowed birth by being born,
Vanquished death by dying
Vanquished death by dying,
Rallied back the flying,
Ended sin and sighing:
Alle Alleluia