With beauty decked the morn ascends, And all the earth is bright; And lo, the sun the darkness rends, And floods the sky with light. | All hail, Thou Sun of Righteousness, Upon our night arisen! May sin no more our souls oppress, And bind in darksome prison. | Let those that lie in slumber fast, Because the darkness reigns, The light behold, and straightway cast Aside their gloomy chains; | 5 And greet the light that makes them free, The bounding joy it brings; And share the calm felicity, That looks to heaven and sings. | O Jesus Christ, our hearts aglow, Thy blessed advent hail; On us Thy healing virtue show, And o'er our ills prevail. | And let us walk as those whose eyes Have seen the light of heaven, Till light shall in our souls arise, Whence night and gloom are driven. | |