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Composed for “Church Hymns with Tunes”, S.P.C.K., 1874.
| 1 | Crown Him with many crowns, | 2 | Crown Him the Virgin’s Son, | |||
| The Lamb upon His throne; | The God Incarnate born, | |||||
| Hark! how the heavenly anthem drowns | Whose arm the crimson trophies won | |||||
| All music but its own: | Which now His brow adorn: | |||||
| Awake, my soul, and sing | Fruit of the mystic Rose, | |||||
| Of Him Who died for thee, | As of that Rose the Stem; | |||||
| And hail Him as thy matchless King | The Root whence mercy ever flows, | |||||
| Through all eternity. | The Babe of Bethlehem. | |||||
| 3 | Crown Him the Lord of love; | 4 | Crown Him, the Lord of peace, | |||
| Behold His hands, His side, | Whose power a sceptre sways | |||||
| Those wounds yet visible above | From pole to pole, that wars may cease, | |||||
| In beauty glorified: | And all be prayer and praise: | |||||
| No angel in the sky | His reign shall know no end, | |||||
| Can fully bear that sight, | And round his piercèd feet | |||||
| But downward bends his burning eye | Fair flowers of paradise extend | |||||
| At mysteries so bright. | Their fragrance ever sweet. | |||||
| 5 | Crown Him the Lord of years, | |
| The Potentate of time, | ||
| Creator of the rolling spheres, | ||
| Ineffably sublime: | ||
| All hail, Redeemer, hail! | ||
| For Thou hast died for me; | ||
| Thy praise shall never, never fail | ||
| Throughout eternity. Amen | ||
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