Rise from thoughts of shame and sin, From passions fierce that burn within; Rise! a better life begin, All free from hate and scorning. Rise! from weakness into might; Rise! from wrong to joyous right; Rise! from darkness to the light Of Easter in the morning. Rise, for royal heralds call, Angel songs that soar and fall, Golden glories over all, Earth and skies adorning. Rise, for inner voices plead: Rise from lower thought and deed, Follow where the angels lead On Easter in the morning. Rise! for soon you may not rise; Soul unheeding dwarfs and dies; Not for aye may one be wise: For To-day the warning! Lo! the range of endless years, Other lives and other spheres, Your eternity appears At Easter in the morning. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...WHITE AN' BLUE by WILLIAM BARNES THE STARLIGHT NIGHT by GERARD MANLEY HOPKINS ROBERT BROWNING by WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR THE OLD SCOTTISH CAVALIER by WILLIAM EDMONSTOUNE AYTOUN SEPTEMBER: FEAST OF ST. PARTRIDGE by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT THE FIGHTING WORD by BERTON BRALEY TO - by EDWARD ROBERT BULWER-LYTTON |