Christ hath burst the gates of hell;
Death in vain forbids his rise--
Christ hath opened paradise.
4 Lives again our glorious King:
Where, O death, is now thy sting?
Once he died our souls to save:
Where's thy victory, boasting grave?
Charles Wesley, 1739.
144 Pleyel's Hymn. 7s.
(325) Resurrection and Ascension.