Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, RESURRECTION EVE, by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI


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First Line: He resteth: weep not
Last Line: That he inherits.
Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina
Subject(s): Death; Jesus Christ; Life; Love; Religion; Resurrection, The; Dead, The; Theology


He resteth: weep not!
The living sleep not
With so much calm:
He hears no chiding
And no deriding,
Hath joy for sorrow,
For night hath morrow,
For wounds hath balm,
For life's strange riot
Hath death and quiet.
Who would recall him
Of those that love him?
No fears appal him,
No ills befal him;
There's nought above him
Save turf and flowers
And pleasant grass.
Pass the swift hours,
How swiftly pass!
The hours of slumber
He doth not number;
Grey hours of morning
Ere the day's dawning:
Brightened by gleams
Of the sun-beams,
By the foreseeing
Of Resurrection,
Of glorious being,
Of full perfection,
Of sins forgiven
Before the face
Of men and spirits;
Of God in Heaven,
The Resting Place
That he inherits.





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