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 stationHath 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.