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EASTER MORNING by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI

Poet Analysis

First Line: THE SUN ARISES FROM THE SEA
Last Line: FOR EVER AND FOR EVER.
Subject(s): EASTER; HOLIDAYS; MORNING; NATURE; RELIGION; THE RESURRECTION; THEOLOGY;
1

The sun arises from the sea,
And all around his rays is flinging,
The flowers are opening on the lea,
The merry birds are singing.

2

The summer breeze is rustling past,
Sweet scents are gathering around it,
The rivulet is flowing fast,
Beside the banks that bound it.

3

All nature seemeth to rejoice,
In the returning summer weather;
Let us with nature raise our voice,
And harmonise together.

4

But not alone for summer skies
Shall praise unto our God be given:
This day our Saviour did arise,
And oped the gate of heaven.

5

To sinful man, if only he
His errings will confess with sorrow,
Then, after earth's night-misery,
Shall dawn a glorious morrow:

6

A blissful bright eternity
Bought by the rising of the Giver,
To Whom all praise, all honour be,
For ever and for ever.



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