Easter Song (Lathbury)

Snowdrops! lift your ti­mid heads

All the earth is wak­ing

Field and for­est

brown and dead

Into life are wak­ing;

Snowdrops

rise

and tell the sto­ry

How He rose

the Lord of glo­ry.

Lilies! li­lies! East­er calls!

Rise to meet the dawn­ing

Of the bless­èd light that falls

Through the East­er morn­ing;

Ring your bells and tell the sto­ry

How He rose

the Lord of glo­ry.

Waken

sleep­ing but­ter­flies

Burst your nar­row pris­on!

Spread your gold­en wings and rise

For the Lord is ris­en;

Spread your wings and tell the sto­ry

How He rose

the Lord of glo­ry.