Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, HAIL, DAY OF DAYS! IN PEALS OF PRAISE, by VENANTIUS HONORIUS CLEMANTIANUS FORTUNATUS


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HAIL, DAY OF DAYS! IN PEALS OF PRAISE, by                    
Last Line: Who heaven and earth sustains.
Subject(s): Jesus Christ


Hail, day of days! in peals of praise
Throughout all ages owned,
When Christ, our God, hell's empire trod,
And high o'er heaven was throned.

This glorious morn the world newborn
In rising beauty shows;
How, with her Lord to life restored,
Her gifts and graces rose!

The spring serene in sparkling sheen
The flower-clad earth arrays,
Heaven's portal bright its radiant light
In fuller flood displays.

The fiery sun in loftier noon
O'er heaven's high orbit shines,
As o'er the tide of waters wide
He rises and declines.

From hell's deep gloom, from earth's dark tomb,
The Lord in triumph soars;
The forests raise their leafy praise;
The flowery field adores.

As star by star He mounts afar,
And hell imprisoned lies,
Let stars and light and depth and height
In hallelujahs rise.

Lo! He who died, the Crucified,
God over all He reigns;
On Him we call, His creatures all,
Who heaven and earth sustains.





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