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Crown Him with Many Crowns
Robert Bridges' Original Stanzas
These are the verses originally written by Robert Bridges for the hymn "Crown Him with Many Crowns."
Crown Him with many crowns,
The Lamb upon His throne;
Hark! how the heavenly anthems drowns
All music but its own:
Awake, my soul, and sing
Of Him who died for thee,
And hail Him as thy matchless King
Through all eternity.
Crown Him the Virgin's Son!
The God Incarnate born,--
Whose arm those crimson trophies won
Which now His brow adorn!
Fruit of the mystic Rose
As of that Rose the Stem:
The Root, whence mercy ever flows,--
The Babe of Bethlehem!
Crown Him the Lord of peace!
Whose power a sceptre sways,
From pole to pole,--that wars may cease,
Absorbed in prayer and praise:
His reigh shall know no end,
And round HIs pierced feet
Fair flowers of paradise extend
Their fragrance ever sweet.
Crown Him the Lord of love!
Behold His hands and side,--
Rich wounds, yet visible above,
In beauty glorified:
No angel in the sky
Can fully bear that sight,
But downward bends his burning eye
At mysteries so bright!
Crown Him the Lord of years!
The Potentate of time,--
Creator of the rolling spheres,
Ineffably sublime!
Glassed in a sea of light,
Where everlasting waves
Reflect His throne,--the Infinite!
Who lives,--and loves--and saves.
Crown Him the Lord of heaven!
One with the Father known,--
And the blest Spirit, through Him given
From yonder triune throne!
All hail! Reedemer,--Hail!
For Thou hast died for me;
Thy praise shall never, never fail
Throughout eternity!