Hail to the Prince of Life and Peace,

Who holds the keys of death and hell;

The spacious world unseen is his,

The sovereign power becomes him well.

2 In shame and anguish once he died;

But now he lives for ever more;

Bow down, you saints, around his seat,

And all you angel bands adore.

3 Live, live for ever, glorious Lord,

To crush thy foes and guard thy friends,

While all thy chosen tribes rejoice

That thy dominion never ends.

4 Worthy thy hand to hold the keys,

Guided by wisdom and by love;

Worthy to rule our mortal lives,

O’er worlds below and worlds above.

5 For ever reign, victorious King!

Wide through the earth thy name be known;

And call our longing souls to sing

Sublimer anthems near thy throne.