Advent tells us Christ is near

those three sundays before lent

will prepare us to repent;

that in lent we may begin

earnestly to mourn for sin.

holy week and easter, then,

tell who died and rose again;

o that happy easter day!

“christ is risen indeed,” we say.

yes, and christ ascended, too,

to prepare a place for you;

so we give him special praise,

after those great forty days.

then, he sent the holy ghost,

on the day of pentecost,

with us ever to abide:

well may we keep whitsuntide!

last of all, we humbly sing

glory to our god and king,

glory to the one in three,

on the feast of trinity.