Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, COMPOSED IN ONE OF THE VALLEYS OF WESTMORELAND ON EASTER SUNDAY, by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH


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COMPOSED IN ONE OF THE VALLEYS OF WESTMORELAND ON EASTER SUNDAY, by                 Poet Analysis     Poet's Biography
First Line: With each recurrence of this glorious morn
Last Line: And benefits were weighed in reason's scales!
Subject(s): Bible; Easter; Holidays; Religion; The Resurrection; Theology


WITH each recurrence of this glorious morn
That saw the Saviour in his human frame
Rise from the dead, erewhile the Cottage-dame
Put on fresh raiment -- till that hour unworn:
Domestic hands the home-bred wool had shorn,
And she who span it culled the daintiest fleece,
In thoughtful reverence to the Prince of Peace,
Whose temples bled beneath the platted thorn.
A blest estate when piety sublime
These humble props disdained not! O green dales!
Sad may 'I' be who heard your sabbath chime
When Art's abused inventions were unknown;
Kind Nature's various wealth was all your own;
And benefits were weighed in Reason's scales!






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