Classic Poem

Now new joy and glory new,
From that Source eternal sent
Whence all flows,
Change and victory ensue,
That our God Omnipotent
On us bestows.

The clear light of ancient days
Is transformed and in our eyes
Fresh-besprent,
And the goodness that we praise
Wrapped in infant gladness lies
Innocent.

Now our joy doth leap and grow
Till this day pass in delight
All the rest:
The infernal serpent now
Is of all its former might
Dispossessed.

Secrets deep and beyond number,
More than words of mine devise,
Are revealed;
Now old enmity doth slumber,
All the former griefs and sighs
For ever healed.

Now the world from darkness brought
Shines along the highest heaven
Of its birth,
For He who all things hath wrought
To His creatures joy hath given
Upon earth.

Light and might of all things made,
Unto which Power infinite
Gave new power,
His great mercy has displayed
Manifest unto our sight