27 JUNE 1863, Page 16

Hush ! Magdalena ' hush thy wailing.

And bid those streaming eyes be clear, At Simon's feast thy tears prevailing,

Left thee no cause for weeping here: A thousand notes of love are blending, A thousand heavenly joys descending—

Let glad hosannas ring !

Here, Magdalena, smiles become thee, Unveil the light of that pure brow, The threatening anguish is passed from thee, A glorious dawn is flashing now : Christ hath the captive world set free,

And over death won victory— Let glad hosannas ring!

Join Magdalena, join our choirs,

Christ cometh from His gloomy cave, The appointed day of grief expires, He comes, the conqueror of the grave. Whom dying thy hot tears bedewed, Him rising hail with rapturous mood—

Let glad hosannas ring !

Lift, Magdalena, lift thy face, All speechless, to thy new-born Lord, Adore that brow's benignant grace,

And be the fivefold wounds adored ; On Him like glistening pearls they shine, The jewels of the life divine—

Let glad hosannas ring!

Live, Magdalena, life is well, Thy sun again mounts high in heaven ; Let all thy veins with rapture swell, That He the might of death hath riven ; Past are thy pains and sorrows stern, Now let thy joyous love return, And glad hosannas ring !