7,7,7,7,7,7+i
anesthV trihmeroV.
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After three days Thou didst rise Visible to mortal eyes: First the Eleven worshipped Thee,-- Then the rest in Galilee: Then a cloud in glory bore Thee to Thine own native shore. | |
Boldly David poured the strain: GOD ascends to Heav'n again: With the trumpet's pealing note Alleluias round Him float; As He now, by hard-won right, Seeks the Fount of purest Light! | |
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Crime on crime, and grief on grief, Left the world without relief: Now that aged, languid race, GOD hath quickened by His grace: As Thy going up we see, Glory to Thy Glory be! |
Catavasia.
qeiw kalufqeiV.
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Darkness and awe, when Sinai's top he trod, Taught him of faltering tongue the Law of GOD:
The mist was scattered from his spirit's eye, He praised and hymned the Maker of the sky, When He That is and was and shall be, passed by. |
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212 |
8,6,8,6,8,8+i
eparate tulaV.
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"Exalt, exalt, the Heavenly Gates, Ye chiefs of mighty name! The Lord and King of all things waits, Enrobed in earthly frame." So to the higher seats they cry, The humbler legions of the sky. | |
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For Adam's sake, by Serpent-guile Distressed, deceived, o'erthrown, Thou left'st Thy native Home awhile, Thou left'st the FATHER's Throne: Now he is decked afresh with grace, Thou seek'st once more the Heavenly place. | |
Glad festal keeps the earth today, Glad festal Heav'n is keeping; The Ascension-pomp, in bright array, Goes proudly sky-ward sweeping: The LORD the mighty deed hath done, And joined the severed into one. |
Catavasia.
errhxe gastroV.
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Her fetters of the barren womb it rent, It crushed the malice of the insolent, The cry of her -- the prophetess, who brought A contrite spirit, and a humble thought To Him, Who bids His Throne by earnest prayer be sought. |