The fol­low­ing in­struct­ions for hand mo­tions were pub­lished with this hymn:

v. 1, “Snow-drops”—hands held in front, in hor­i­zont­al po­si­tion. “Lift your tim­id heads” hands raised per­pen­di­cu­lar­ly from the wrists. “How he rose,” etc. arms gra­du­al­ly ris­ing un­til their full length is reached. Do so each time these words are sung as a chor­us.

v. 2. “Ring your bells, and tell the story”—right arms in front, raised a lit­tle, and curved to rep­re­sent a stem of lil­ies; im­i­tate the ring­ing of bells by shak­ing the hand in re­gu­lar mo­tion up and down.

v. 3. “Wak­en, sleep­ing but­ter­flies”—right and left hands, palm op­po­site palm, fin­ger-tips touch­ing, fin­gers slight­ly curved, to rep­re­sent the chry­sa­lis. “Burst your nar­row pri­son”—hands opened slight­ly, with quick mo­tion. “Spread your gold­en wings”—hands open, thumb to thumb. “Spread your gold­en wings and rise”—hands raised above, and moved to rep­re­sent fly­ing.