Sweet Easter Bells

On mount­ain height

by peace­ful shores

O’er sun­ny meads

in shad­ed dells;

Awake

your sac­red ech­oes

wake

Ring out your chimes

sweet East­er bells!

Let hum­ble fane and lof­ty dome

Each an­swer each in tune­ful swells

O’er ev­ery tem­ple to His praise

Ring loud and clear sweet East­er bells.

The orb of day his course pur­sues

And in his path all shade dis­pels;

With him en­circ­ling earth around

Ring out

ring out sweet East­er bells.

Sweet East­er bells

glad East­er bells

Your li­quid me­lo­dy fore­tells

That morn when death it­self shall die

And Heav­en ring

sweet East­er bells.