Hymns from the Morningland / Being Translations, Centos and Suggestions from the Service Books of the Holy Eastern Church

by Unknown

’Tis not enough that Christ should rise,

I, too, must seek the brightening skies,

And rise from death, as Christ arose.

VIII

And from the cross, and to the grave

Descend; and when the morning breaks,

To life anew the soul awakes

That sin nor death shall e’er enslave.

IX

The cross is love: the Christ’s, and mine;—