People Look East

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[Verse 1]
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Peo-ple, look East. The time is near.
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Of the crown-ing of the year.
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Make your house fair as you are able,
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Trim the hearth and set the ta-ble.
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People, look East and sing to-day:
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Love, the Guest, is on the way.

[Verse 2]
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Fur-rows, be glad. Though earth is bare,
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One more seed is plant-ed there:
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Give up your strength the seed to nour-ish,
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That in course the flower may flour-ish.
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People, look East and sing today:
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Love, the Rose, is on the way.

[Verse 3]
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Stars, keep the watch. When night is dim
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One more light the bowl shall brim,
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Shining be-yond the frost-y weather,
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Bright as sun and moon to-geth-er.
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People, look East and sing today:
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Love, the Star, is on the way.

[Verse 4]
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An-gels, an-nounce on this great feast
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Him who commeth from the East
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Set every peak and val-ley humming
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With the word, the Lord is com-ing.
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People, look East and sing today:
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Love, the Lord, is on the way.

(NOT IN HYMNAL)
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Birds, though you long have ceased to build,
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Guard the nest that must be filled.
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E-ven the hour when wings are fro-zen
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He for fledg-ing time has chosen.
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People, look East and sing today:
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Love, the Bird, is on the way.