Into the Dim Earth’s Lowest Parts Descending

Into the dim earth’s low­est parts des­cend­ing

And burst­ing by Thy might the in­fer­nal chain

That bound the pri­son­ers

Thou

at three days’ end­ing

As Jo­nah from the whale

hast ris­en again.

Thou breakest not the seal

Thy sure­ty’s to­ken

Arising from the tomb who left’st in birth

The port­als of vir­gi­ni­ty un­brok­en

Opening the gates of Heav­en to sons of earth.

Thou

sac­ri­fice in­ef­fa­ble and liv­ing

Didst to the Fa­ther by Thy­self atone

As God eter­nal: re­sur­rect­ion giv­ing

To Ad­am

ge­ne­ral pa­rent

by Thine own.