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- Ye watchers and ye holy ones,
- Bright seraphs, cherubim and thrones,
- Raise the glad strain, Alleluia!
- Cry out, dominions, princedoms, powers,
- Virtues, archangels, angels’ choirs:
- Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!
- O higher than the cherubim,
- More glorious than the seraphim,
- Lead their praises, Alleluia!
- Thou bearer of th’eternal Word,
- Most gracious, magnify the Lord.
- Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!
- Respond, ye souls in endless rest,
- Ye patriarchs and prophets blest,
- Alleluia! Alleluia!
- Ye holy twelve, ye martyrs strong,
- All saints triumphant, raise the song.
- Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!
- O friends, in gladness let us sing,
- Supernal anthems echoing,
- Alleluia! Alleluia!
- To God the Father, God the Son,
- And God the Spirit, Three in One.
- Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!
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