Here Is Joy For Every Age

Here is joy for every age,
Every generation;
Prince and peasant, chief and sage,
Every tongue and nation:
Every tongue and nation,
Every rank and station
Hath today salvation,
Alle alleluia.

When the world drew near its close,
Came out Lord and leader;
From the lily sprang the rose,
From the bush the cedar;
From the bush the cedar,
From the judged the pleader,
From the faint the feeder:
Alle alleluia.

God, that came on earth this morn,
In a manger lying,
Hallowed birth by being born,
Vanquished death by dying;
Vanquished death by dying,
Rallied back the flying,
Ended sin and sighing:
Alle alleluia.