AWAKE, thou wintry earth, Fling off thy sadness! Fair, vernal flowers, laugh forth Your ancient gladness! Christ is risen! Warm, woods, your blossoms all, Grim Death is dead! Ye weeping, funeral trees, Lift up your head: Christ is risen! Come, see! the graves are green; It is light, let us go Where our loved ones rest In hope below: Christ is risen! All is fresh and new Full of Spring and light. Wintry heart, why wear'st the hue Of sleep and night? Christ is risen! Leave thy cares beneath, Leave thy worldly love! Begin the better life With God above. Christ is risen! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...IN PICCADILLY by ISAAC ROSENBERG THE ASSAULT HEROIC by ROBERT RANKE GRAVES SONG [WRITTEN IN THE YEAR 1732] by GEORGE LYTTELTON A NEW BIRTH by EDMUND JOHN ARMSTRONG BEAUTY MAKES US HAPPY by PHILIP AYRES SUNRISE AND SUNSET: 1. SUNRISE by GEORGE BARLOW (1847-1913) H. SACRAMENT by JOSEPH BEAUMONT |