| Let all mortal flesh keep silence, and with fear and trembling stand;
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| Ponder nothing earthly minded, For with blessing is His hand,
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| Christ our God to earth descendeth, Our full homage to demand.
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| King of Kings, Yet born of Mary, As of old earth He stood,
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| Lord of Lords, In human vesture, In the body and the blood;
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| He will give to all the faithful. |
| His own self for heavenly food.
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| Rank on rank the host of heaven spreads it’s vanguard on the way,
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| As Light of light descendeth from the realms of endless day,
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| That the powers of hell may vanish as the darkness clears away.
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| At His feet the six-winged seraph, Cherubim, With sleeples eye,
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| Veil their faces to His presence as with ceaseless voice they cry:
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| Alleluia! |
| Alleluia! |
| Alleluia! |
| Lord Most High! |