Easter Anthem

for choir SSATTB

Duration 3'

Words by George Herbert

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Easter Wings
George Herbert

Lord, who createdst man in wealth and store,
Though foolishly he lost the same,
Decaying more and more,
Till he became
Most poore:
With thee
O let me rise
As larks, harmoniously,
And sing this day thy victories:
Then shall the fall further the flight in me.

My tender age in sorrow did beginne:
And still with sicknesses and shame
Thou didst so punish sinne,
That I became
Most thinne.
With thee
Let me combine,
And feel [this day] thy victorie:
For, if I imp my wing on thine,
Affliction shall advance the flight in me.

Categories choral - mixed voices unaccompanied