The Cyber Hymnal ‎#1545

1545. Flee Away, Ye Shades of Night!

1. Flee away, ye shades of night!
Sweetly breaks the morning light;
Never was there morn like this,
Dawning of eternal bliss;
As the light dispels the gloom,
See! the Easter lilies bloom.

Refrain
Flee away, ye shades of night!
Sweetly dawns the morning light.

2. Flee away, O dark despair,
As I greet the morning fair;
Like the Master I shall rise,
Where the daylight never dies;
At the portal of the tomb,
See! the Easter lilies bloom. [Refrain]

3. Risen Lord and Savior dear,
Let me feel Thee ever near.
From Thine empty tomb there beams
Risen hopes o’er faded dreams;
E’en amidst the valley’s gloom,
See! the Easter lilies bloom. [Refrain]

4. As the calyxes of gold,
Rest within the lilies’ fold,
Sweetly I may rest in Thee
And o’er death cry Victory!
Boasting grave, I read thy doom,
In the Easter lilies’ bloom. [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: Flee away, ye shades of night
• Title: Flee Away, Ye Shades of Night!
• Author: Jesse P. Tompkins (1897)
• Refrain First Line: Flee away, ye shades of night!
• Meter: 77.77 D
• Language: English
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: CRISPUS
• Composer: William James Kirkpatrick (1897)
• Meter: 77.77 D
• Incipit: 34556 71765 65323
• Key: C Major
• Copyright: Public Domain