Hosanna to the living Lord!
Hosanna to the Incarnate Word!
Hosanna in the earth be said,
And in the heaven which He hath made!
Hosanna!
Hosanna, Lord! Thine angels cry;
Hosanna, Lord! Thy saints reply;
Above, beneath us, and around,
The dead and living swell the sound;
Hosanna!
Oh, Master, with parental care,
Return to this Thine house of prayer!
Assembled in Thy sacred Name,
Where two or three Thy promise claim!
Hosanna!
But, chiefest, in our empty breast,
Eternal! bid thy Spirit rest,
And cleanse our secret soul, to be
A temple pure, and worthy Thee!
Hosanna!
So in the last and dreadful day,
When heaven and earth have pass’d away,
Thy rescued flock, and freed from sin,
Shall once again their song begin:
Hosanna!
(Reginald Heber)
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