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Come, and Let Us Drink of That New River

Author:John of Damascus, c. 675-746 (780)
Meter:10.9.10.9
Topic:Seasons and Feasts | Easter Season; Seasons and Feasts | Ascension; Rites of the Church | Christian Initiation (Baptism); Rites of the Church | Eucharist; Rites of the Church | Funeral; Evangelization; Jesus Christ; Paschal Mystery; Water
Language:English
First Line:Come, and Let Us Drink of That New River
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Come, and let us drink of that New River,

Not from barren Rock divinely poured,

But the Fount of Life that is for ever

From the Sepulchre of CHRIST the LORD.

All the world hath bright illumination,—

Heav’n and Earth and things beneath the earth:

’Tis the Festival of all Creation:

CHRIST hath ris’n, Who gave Creation birth:

Yesterday with Thee in burial lying,

Now today with Thee aris’n I rise;

Yesterday the partner of Thy dying,

With Thyself upraise me to the skies.