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Let all mortal flesh keep silence, And with fear and trembling stand;
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Ponder nothing earthly minded, For with blessing in 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 on 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 its vanguard on the way,
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As the 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 wingèd seraph, Cherubim with sleepless eye,
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Veil their faces to the presence, As with ceaseless voice they cry:
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Alleluia, Al - le - lu - ia, Alleluia, Lord Most High!