Crown him with many crowns,

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• Crown him with many crowns,
• The Lamb upon his throne
• Hark! How the heavenly anthem drowns
• All music but its own.

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• Awake, my soul, and sing,
• Of him who died for thee,
• And hail him as thy matchless King
• Throughout eternity.

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• Crown him the Son of God,
• Before the worlds began
• And ye, who tread where he has trod,
• Crown him the Son of Man,

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• Who every grief has known
• That wrings the human breast,
• And takes and bears them for his own,
• That all in him may rest.

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• Crown him the Lord of life,
• Who triumphed o'er the grave,
• And rose victorious in the strife
• For those he came to save.

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• His glories now we sing,
• Who died and rose on high
• Who died, eternal life to bring,
• And lives, that death may die.

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• Crown him the Lord of peace,
• Whose power a sceptre sways
• From pole to pole, that wars may cease,
• Absorbed in prayer and praise.

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• His reign shall know no end,
• And round his sacred feet
• Fair flowers of paradise extend
• Their fragrance ever sweet.

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• Crown him the Lord of love
• Behold his hands and side-
• Rich wounds, yet visible above,
• In beauty glorified.

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• All hail, Redeemer, hail!
• For thou hast died for me
• Thy praise and glory shall not fail
• Throughout eternity.
• Matthew Bridges (1800-94)
• and Geoffrey Thring (1823-1903)