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