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Easter Morning
Staff Notation • Sacred, Hymns
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Easter Morning by Dudley Buck — Lyrics
Ere yet the gray
Of Easter Day
Had tinged the night of weeping,
With eager heed
The women speed
Where their dear Lord was sheeping;
With perfumes sweet and spices rare
and sweeter balm of tears and pray’r
To shroud His rest with tender care.
What glad surprise
the clear sunrise
Is with its radiance bringing!
The tomb was bright
With holy night
And shining angels singing;
The Lord is ris’n! Be not afraid!
The Lord has ris’n as He hath said!
Behold the place where He was laid.
The tears of night
Are dewdrops bright,
The sunlit fields adorning;
And passion days
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About Easter Morning
Dudley Buck's Easter Morning paints a vivid scene of the Resurrection. The text opens with the solemn journey of the women bearing spices before dawn, their tears mingling with prayers for their Lord. This quiet devotion then transforms into overwhelming joy with the sunrise and the discovery of the empty tomb, heralded by angels proclaiming "The Lord is ris’n! Be not afraid!". The hymn moves from the darkness of weeping to the brightness of the new day, with the griefs of the past dissolving like morning mist. This unison setting in English is ideal for congregations, capturing the profound hope and glad surprise of Easter.
