Easter Lilies Pure and Lovely

Easter lil­ies pure and love­ly

Rising from their cold

dark bed;

Tell a sto­ry sweet and ten­der:

Christ is ris­en from the dead.

He is ris­en! He is ris­en!

Says the pure white li­ly bell.

May we not the lit­tle child­ren

Of our lov­ing Sav­ior tell?

In its nest

each lit­tle bird­ie

Sings a car­ol

bright and gay;

For to all His ti­ny crea­tures

Jesus brings new life to­day!

Sweeter than the East­er li­lies

And the songs the bird­ies sing

Are the lit­tle child­ren’s prais­es

Unto Christ

their ris­en king!