CROWN Him with many crowns, | |
| The Lamb upon His throne; | |
| Hark! how the heavenly anthem drowns | |
| All music but its own! | |
| Awake, my soul, and sing | 5 |
| Of Him who died for thee; | |
| And hail Him as thy matchless King, | |
| Through all eternity. | |
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| Crown Him the Virgin’s Son! | |
| The God Incarnate born,— | 10 |
| Whose Arm those crimson trophies won | |
| Which now His Brow adorn! | |
| Fruit of the Mystic Rose, | |
| As of that Rose the Stem: | |
| The Root, whence Mercy ever flows,— | 15 |
| The Babe of Bethlehem! | |
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| Crown Him the Lord of Love! | |
| Behold His Hands and Side,— | |
| Rich wounds, yet visible above, | |
| In beauty glorified: | 20 |
| No angel in the sky | |
| Can fully bear that sight, | |
| But downward bends his burning eye | |
| At mysteries so bright! | |
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| Crown Him the Lord of Peace! | 25 |
| Whose power a sceptre sways, | |
| From pole to pole,—that wars may cease, | |
| Absorbed in prayer and praise: | |
| His reign shall know no end, | |
| And round His piercèd Feet | 30 |
| Fair flowers of Paradise extend | |
| Their fragrance ever sweet. | |
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| Crown Him the Lord of Years! | |
| The Potentate of Time,— | |
| Creator of the rolling spheres, | 35 |
| Ineffably sublime! | |
| Glass’d in a sea of light, | |
| Where everlasting waves | |
| Reflect His Throne,—the Infinite! | |
| Who lives,—and loves,—and saves. | 40 |
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| Crown Him the Lord of Heaven! | |
| One with the Father known,— | |
| And the blest Spirit, through Him given, | |
| From yonder triune throne! | |
| All hail! Redeemer,—hail! | 45 |
| For Thou hast died for me; | |
| Thy praise shall never, never fail, | |
| Throughout eternity! | |
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