Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, EASTER-DAY, by HENRY VAUGHAN


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First Line: Thou, whose sad heart and weeping head lies low
Last Line: Whose spittle only could restore the blind.
Alternate Author Name(s): Silurist
Subject(s): Easter; Holidays; The Resurrection


Thou, whose sad heart and weeping head lies low,
Whose cloudy breast cold damps invade,
Who never feel'st the Sun, nor smooth'st thy brow,
But sitt'st oppressed in the shade,
Awake, awake,
And in his Resurrection partake,
Who on this day (that thou might'st rise as he)
Rose up, and cancelled two deaths due to thee.

Awake, awake; and, like the Sun, disperse
All mists that would usurp this day;
Where are thy palms, thy branches, and thy verse?
Hosanna! hark, why dost thou stay?
Arise, arise,
And with his healing blood anoint thine eyes,
Thy inward eyes; his blood will cure thy mind,
Whose spittle only could restore the blind.





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