1 Down headlong from their native skies,
The rebel angels fell,
And thunderbolts of flaming wrath
Pursued them deep to hell.

2 Down from the top of earthly bliss
Rebellious man was hurled,
And Jesus stooped beneath the grave
To reach a sinking world.

3 O love of infinite degree!
Unmeasurable grace!
Must Heav’n’s eternal darling die,
To save a traitorous race?

4 Must angels sink for ever down,
And burn in quenchless fire,
While God forsakes His shining throne
To raise us wretches higher?

5 O for this love let earth and skies
With hallelujahs ring,
And the full choir of human tongues
All hallelujahs sing.