Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, EASTER MONDAY, by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI


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First Line: Out in the rain a world is growing green
Last Line: Let us wax and wane.
Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina
Subject(s): Christianity; Easter; Holidays; The Resurrection


Out in the rain a world is growing green,
On half the trees quick buds are seen
Where glued-up buds have been.
Out in the rain God's Acre stretches green,
Its harvest quick tho' still unseen:
For there the Life hath been.
If Christ hath died His brethren well may die,
Sing in the gate of death, lay by
This life without a sigh:
For Christ hath died and good it is to die;
To sleep when so He lays us by,
Then wake without a sigh.
Yea, Christ hath died, yea, Christ is risen again:
Wherefore both life and death grow plain
To us who wax and wane;
For Christ Who rose shall die no more again:
Amen: till He makes all things plain
Let us wax and wane.







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