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.