1. Christ is coming! Let creation
From her groans and travail cease;
Let the glorious proclamation
Hope restore and faith increase:
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Come, Thou blessed Prince of Peace.
2. Earth can now but tell the story
Of Thy bitter cross and pain;
She shall yet behold Thy glory,
When Thou comest back to reign:
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Let each heart repeat the strain.
3. Though once cradled in a manger,
Oft no pillow but the sod;
Here an alien and a stranger,
Mocked of men, disowned of God.
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Come, Thou blessèd Prince of Peace!
4. Long Thine exiles have been pining,
Far from rest, and home, and Thee:
But, in heavenly vestures shining,
They their loving Lord shall see:
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Haste the joyous jubilee.
5. With that blessed hope before us,
Let our joyful songs be sung,
Let the mighty advent chorus
Onward roll from tongue to tongue:
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Come, Lord Jesus, quickly come!