Lo, the Earth Awakes Again

Representative Text

1 Lo, the earth is risen again
From the winter's bond and pain!
Bring we leaf and flower and spray
To adorn our holiday.

2 Once again the word comes true,
Lo, he maketh all things new.
Now the dark cold days are over,
Light and gladness are before.

3 How our hearts leap with the spring!
How our spirits soar and sing!
Light is victor over gloom,
Life triumphant o'er the tomb.

4 Change, then, mourning into praise,
And, for dirges, anthems raise!
All our fears and griefs shall be
Lost in immortality.

Source: Worship in Song: A Friends Hymnal #114

Author: Samuel Longfellow

Longfellow, Samuel, B. A., brother of the Poet, was born at Portland, Maine, June 18, 1819, and educated at Harvard, where he graduated in Arts in 1839, and in Theology in 1846. On receiving ordination as an Unitarian Minister, he became Pastor at Fall River, Massachusetts, 1848; at Brooklyn, 1853; and at Germantown, Pennsylvania, 1860. In 1846 he edited, with the Rev. S. Johnson (q. v.), A Book of Hymns for Public and Private Devotion. This collection was enlarged and revised in 1848. In 1859 his Vespers was published, and in 1864 the Unitarian Hymns of the Spirit , under the joint editorship of the Rev. S. Johnson and himself. His Life of his brother, the Poet Longfellow, was published in 1886. To the works named he contributed the follow… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Lo the earth is risen again
Title: Lo, the Earth Awakes Again
Author: Samuel Longfellow (1876)
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

Tune

MONKLAND

The tune MONKLAND has a fascinating if complex history. Rooted in a tune for the text "Fahre fort" in Johann A. Freylinghausen's (PHH 34) famous hymnal, Geistreiches Gesangbuch (1704), it then was significantly altered by John Antes (b. Frederick, PA, 1740; d. Bristol, England, 1811) in a Moravian m…

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A Hymnal for Friends #132

A Hymnal for Friends #144

American Church and Church School Hymnal #d177

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American Church and Church School Hymnal #70

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American Junior Church School Hymnal #203

Church and University Hymns #d95

Heart and Voice #d143

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Heart and Voice #207

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Hymns and Songs II #d23

Hymns and Songs IV #abd23

Hymns for the Celebration of Life #d119

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Hymns for the Living Age #95

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Hymns in Harmony with Modern Thought #152

Hymns of the Spirit for Use in the Free Churches of America #200

Jubilate Deo #119

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Pilgrim Songs (Number Two) #274

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Services for Congregational Worship. The New Hymn and Tune Book #210

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Singing the Living Tradition #61

Singing Worship with Boys and Girls #d52

The American Hymnal #d305

The American Hymnal for Chapel Service #d199

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The American Hymnal for Chapel Service #43

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The Beacon Hymnal #242

The Beacon Song and Service book #235

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The Carol #59b

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The Cyber Hymnal #11079

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The Pilgrim Hymnal #458

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The Pilgrim Hymnal #586

The School Hymn Book #d34

Universal Hymns #201

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Worship in Song #114

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