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Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Searching... Subject: THE RESURRECTION Matches Found: 203 UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` 1938 BONNETS, by ERMA HAALAND Poem Text First Line: I tried on a new bonnet / it really was Last Line: My new easter hat. Subject(s): Easter; Holidays; The Resurrection A BALLAD OF TREES AND THE MASTER, by SIDNEY LANIER Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Into the woods my master went Last Line: Baltimore, november, 1880. Variant Title(s): The Cross;the Trees And The Master Subject(s): Bible; Catholics; Easter; Forests; Holidays; Jesus Christ - Life & Ministry; Nature; Religion; Trees; Roman Catholics; Catholicism; The Resurrection; Woods; Theology A CALIFORNIA EASTER MASS, by CHARLES KELLOGG FIELD Poem Text First Line: Now burn the poppy-lamps of spring Last Line: The gloria of the born-again. Subject(s): Easter; Holidays; Mass; The Resurrection A COUNTRY CAROL, by MARGARET WIDDEMER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: There the patient oxen were, by the ass's stall Last Line: In the open country-land of my good lord! Alternate Author Name(s): Schauffler, Mrs. Robert H. Subject(s): Christmas; Country Life; Easter; Holidays; Jesus Christ; Jesus Christ = Suffering & Sacrifice; Nativity, The; The Resurrection A DEATH ON EASTER DAY, by ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The strong spring sun rejoicingly may rise Last Line: Out of the likeness of the shadow of death. Subject(s): Death; Easter; Holidays; Light; Dead, The; The Resurrection A DRIZZLING EASTER MORNING, by THOMAS HARDY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: And he is risen? Well, be it so Last Line: For endless rest -- though risen is he. Variant Title(s): On One Who Lived And Died Where Born Subject(s): Easter; Holidays; The Resurrection A GOOD FRIDAY DEVOTION, by AMELIA WOODWARD TRUESDELL Poem Text First Line: Lo, even now, the sky's far rim Last Line: Forever more 'tis easter morn. Subject(s): Easter; Good Friday; Holidays; Holy Week; Jesus Christ = Suffering & Sacrifice; Mary. Mother Of Jesus; Women - Bible; The Resurrection; Virgin Mary A HYMN FOR EASTER DAY, by JOHN BYROM Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The lord is risen! He, who came Last Line: Cho. Worthy of all pow'r and praise, &c. Subject(s): Easter; Holidays; Jesus Christ; Religion; Resurrection, The; Salvation; The Resurrection; Theology A NON-NATURAL EASTER, by CHARLES TENNYSON TURNER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Ill fares the priest to-day, who blinks the faith Last Line: And missing all the sweet airs and the dew! Subject(s): Easter; Holidays; The Resurrection A PLEA FOR THE LITTLE ONES, by FRANCES RIDLEY HAVERGAL Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: It was easter monday morning Last Line: Our cause, the cause of god. Subject(s): Children; Easter; Holidays; Childhood; The Resurrection A PSALM FOR EASTER, by MABEL C. MEASE Poem Text First Line: I would sweep clean this house I call myself Last Line: Always that way. Subject(s): Bodies; Easter; Holidays; Singing & Singers; The Resurrection A SHROPSHIRE LAD: 2, by ALFRED EDWARD HOUSMAN Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Loveliest of trees, the cherry now Last Line: To see the cherry hung with snow. Alternate Author Name(s): Housman, A. E. Variant Title(s): Cherry Trees;loveliest Of Trees Subject(s): Aging; Carpe Diem; Cherries; Cherry Trees; Easter; Environment; Fruit; Holidays; Spring; Time; Trees; The Resurrection; Environmental Protection; Ecology; Conservation A SHROPSHIRE LAD: 29. THE LENT LILY, by ALFRED EDWARD HOUSMAN Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Tis spring; come out to ramble Last Line: That dies on easter day. Alternate Author Name(s): Housman, A. E. Subject(s): Easter; Flowers; Holidays; Lilies; Spring; The Resurrection A SONG OF LIFE, by ELLIN J. TOY Poem Text First Line: Bloom, easter lilies fair! Last Line: Hath made thee forever victor of death. Alternate Author Name(s): Knowles, Joseph H., Mrs. Subject(s): Easter; Holidays; The Resurrection AMORETTI: 68, by EDMUND SPENSER Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Most glorious lord of life, that on this day Last Line: Love is the lesson which the lord us taught. Alternate Author Name(s): Clout, Colin Variant Title(s): "easter Day;christ's True Love's Example;easter Morning;sonnet On Easter;easter;""most Glorious Lord Of Lyfe That On This Day""; Subject(s): Bible; Easter; Holidays; Jesus Christ; Redemption; Religion; Resurrection, The; The Resurrection; Theology AN EASTER CAROL, by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Spring bursts today Last Line: Angels and men and birds and everything. Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina Subject(s): Easter; Holidays; Jesus Christ; The Resurrection AN EASTER FLOWER GIFT, by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: O dearest bloom the seasons know Last Line: The heart of christ and ours! Subject(s): Easter; Flowers; Holidays; The Resurrection AN EASTER HYMN, by THOMAS BLACKBURN Poem Text Poet Analysis First Line: Awake, thou wintry earth Last Line: Christ is risen! Subject(s): Easter; Holidays; The Resurrection AN EASTER IDYL, by MARGARET ELIZABETH MUNSON SANGSTER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Many a year the easter came, laughing o'er / land and sea Last Line: And even in sorrow's exile may lift up her eyes and be blessed. Alternate Author Name(s): Van Deth, Gerrit, Mrs. Subject(s): Catholic Church - Clergy; Easter; Holidays; Love; Prayer; Catholic Priests; The Resurrection AN EASTER LILIY, by JOHN BANISTER TABB Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: In vain to seal the sepulchre Last Line: Within the garden stands. Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb Subject(s): Easter; Flowers; Holidays; Lilies; Pilate, Pontius; The Resurrection AN EASTER ODE, by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: To the cold, dark grave they go Last Line: On that resurrection morn. Subject(s): Easter; Holidays; The Resurrection AN EASTER OFFERING, by NANCY A. BASTON Poem Text First Line: Now, nature, from the fertile mold Last Line: He lives, our resurrected king! Subject(s): Easter; Grace; Holidays; Jesus Christ; Resurrection, The; The Resurrection AN EASTER PRAYER, by FRANCES RIDLEY HAVERGAL Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Oh let me know Last Line: Thy love and faithfulness through all my days. Subject(s): Easter; Holidays; Prayer; The Resurrection AN EASTER SONG, by MARGARET ELIZABETH MUNSON SANGSTER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The golden sun climbs up the sky Last Line: God sends thee easter day! Alternate Author Name(s): Van Deth, Gerrit, Mrs. Subject(s): Catholics; Easter; Holidays; Jesus Christ = Suffering & Sacrifice; Prayer; Roman Catholics; Catholicism; The Resurrection AN EASTER SONG, by SARAH CHAUNCEY WOOLSEY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: A song of sunshine through the rain Last Line: Were just three days apart. Alternate Author Name(s): Coolidge, Susan Variant Title(s): Calvary And Easter Subject(s): Easter; Holidays; Jesus Christ; Religion; Resurrection, The; The Resurrection; Theology AN EASTER SONG, TO ROSEMARY, AET. 10, by A. L. MACKENZIE JR. Poem Text First Line: Mine is the gift and you the giver Last Line: And we'll play in the halls of paradise. Alternate Author Name(s): Mackenzie, Archibald L., Jr. Subject(s): Easter; Heaven; Holidays; Religion; The Resurrection; Paradise; Theology AN EASTER VISION, by EDWARD NOYES POMEROY Poem Text First Line: On easter morn I had a wondrous vision Last Line: Doth every sunrise bring an easter morning. Subject(s): Easter; Holidays; Jesus Christ; Resurrection, The; The Resurrection AN EPILOGUE, by ANNIE MATHESON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: And so the play is over, and we doff Last Line: The clouds of sunset, veiling heaven's gate. Subject(s): Easter; God; Holidays; Love; The Resurrection ANY COUNTRY CHURCH, by AUSTIN PHILIPS Poem Text First Line: A shaft of sunlight strikes, shines through Last Line: And fellow-convicts 'neath one self-same sentence ... Death. Subject(s): Candles; Churches; Easter; Holidays; Humanity; Sabbath; Cathedrals; The Resurrection; Sunday APRIL, by FRANCES RIDLEY HAVERGAL Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: O the wealth of pearly blossom, o the woodlands emerald gleam Last Line: And your springtide path shall brighten to the perfect summer day! Subject(s): April; Easter; Holidays; The Resurrection AT EASTER TIME, by LAURA ELIZABETH HOWE RICHARDS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The little flowers came through the ground Last Line: "at blessed easter time!" Alternate Author Name(s): Richards, Laura E. Subject(s): Easter; Holidays; The Resurrection AT EASTERTIDE, by S. H. ADAMS Poem Text First Line: At eastertide, in gown of blue, / and dainty bonnet, neat and new Last Line: At eastertide? Subject(s): Desire; Easter; Holidays; The Resurrection CALVARY AND EASTER, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: A song of sunshine through the rain Last Line: Were just three days apart Subject(s): Calvary;easter;holidays; The Resurrection COMPOSED IN ONE OF THE VALLEYS OF WESTMORELAND ON EASTER SUNDAY, by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH Poem Text 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 CONTINUITIES, by WALT WHITMAN Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Nothing is ever really lost, or can be lost Last Line: With grass and flowers and summer fruits and corn. Subject(s): Easter; Holidays; The Resurrection EARTH'S EASTER, by ROBERT HAVEN SCHAUFFLER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Earth has gone up from its gethsemane Last Line: Two angels bright before an empty tomb. Subject(s): Easter; Holidays; The Resurrection EAST AND EASTER, by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Out of the east the royal sun Last Line: Out of the east is easter. Subject(s): Easter; Holidays; The Resurrection EASTER, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: "sing, soul of mine, this day of days" Last Line: Because the lord is risen Subject(s): Easter;holidays; The Resurrection EASTER, by JOSEPH BEAUMONT Poem Text First Line: Slow phoebus thou hast slept too long Last Line: Now he, our head revived doth appeare. Subject(s): Easter; Holidays; Jesus Christ; Resurrection, The; The Resurrection EASTER, by CHARLOTTE LOUISE BERTLESEN Poem Text First Line: It comes again-the eastertide Last Line: Oh, would that men had understood! Subject(s): Easter; Holidays; Jesus Christ; Resurrection, The; The Resurrection EASTER, by LOUISA SARAH BEVINGTON Poem Full Text Poet's Biography First Line: Where there are daisies, daisies will be white Alternate Author Name(s): Leigh, Arbor; Guggenberger, Mrs. Ignatz; Bevington, L. S. Subject(s): Easter; The Resurrection EASTER, by MARGARET M. CHEANEY Poem Text First Line: Now, winds are hushed and skies are clear Last Line: The crown of easter morning. Subject(s): Easter; Holidays; The Resurrection EASTER, by HILDA CONKLING Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: On easter morn / up the faint cloudy sky Last Line: Ding dong . . . Ding dong . . . Subject(s): Easter; Holidays; The Resurrection EASTER, by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: What exultations in my mind Last Line: This welcome to the new-born spring. Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H. Subject(s): Easter; Holidays; The Resurrection EASTER, by ANNA BUNSTON DE BARY Poem Text First Line: Light streams from out the open tomb Last Line: But the shadow falleth still. Subject(s): Cross, The; Easter; Holidays; The Resurrection EASTER, by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY Poem Text First Line: But his lone cross and crown of thorns Last Line: In dying conquered all. Alternate Author Name(s): Oxenham, John Subject(s): Easter; Holidays; The Resurrection EASTER, by JOHN FREEMAN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Who is it risen?-spirit of earth Last Line: Spirit of heaven. Subject(s): Catholics; Crucifixion; Easter; Holidays; Jesus Christ; Resurrection, The; Roman Catholics; Catholicism; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion; The Resurrection EASTER, by ROBERT HERRICK Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: This crosse-tree here Last Line: To make my grave. Variant Title(s): The Cross-tree Subject(s): Easter; Holidays; The Resurrection EASTER, by ALFRED JOYCE KILMER Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The air is like a butterfly Last Line: And sings. Alternate Author Name(s): Kilmer, Joyce Subject(s): Easter; Holidays; The Resurrection EASTER, by EDWIN L. SABIN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The barrier stone has rolled away Last Line: The miracle of spring. Subject(s): Easter; Holidays; The Resurrection EASTER, by WILLIAM SHARP Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The stars wailed when the reed was born Last Line: Time bowed before eternity. Alternate Author Name(s): Macleod, Fiona Subject(s): Easter; Good Friday; Grief; Holidays; Holy Week; Immortality; Nature; Time; The Resurrection; Sorrow; Sadness EASTER, by EFFIE WALLER SMITH Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Oh, joyful, glad easter morning Last Line: On the resurrection day. Subject(s): Easter; Holidays; Jesus Christ; Resurrection, The; The Resurrection EASTER, by JOHN BANISTER TABB Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Like a meteor, large and bright Last Line: Flower of easter morn. Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb Subject(s): Easter; Holidays; The Resurrection EASTER, by CHARLES HANSON TOWNE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Lord, now that spring is in the world Last Line: I'll hear thee pass! Subject(s): Easter; Holidays; Jesus Christ; Resurrection, The; The Resurrection EASTER, by AMELIA WOODWARD TRUESDELL Poem Text First Line: O soul, be still! Scourge not thyself with doubt Last Line: "recurrent resurrection is eternal life." Subject(s): Christianity; Easter; Holidays; Jesus Christ; Jesus Christ = Suffering & Sacrifice; Resurrection, The; The Resurrection EASTER, by CHARLES WILLIAMS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Was there not one, when in the upper room Last Line: Even as around them fell the greeting, 'peace'? Subject(s): Catholics - United States; Easter; Holidays; Peace; Religion; The Resurrection; Theology EASTER, by HUMBERT WOLFE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Bring flowers to strew his way Last Line: And all his kingdom gone. Subject(s): Easter; Holidays; The Resurrection EASTER (SUNSET AND SUNRISE), by LUCY LARCOM Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Tis easter eve, the day is fading Last Line: And rise into his light with thee! Subject(s): Easter; Holidays; The Resurrection EASTER (TO A BASE AND TWO TREBLES), by JOSEPH BEAUMONT Poem Text First Line: Tears have done: / our rising sun Last Line: And sing him now his morning-sacrifice. Subject(s): Easter; Holidays; Jesus Christ; Resurrection, The; The Resurrection EASTER 1916, by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Recitation Poet's Biography First Line: I have met them at close of day Last Line: A terrible beauty is born. Alternate Author Name(s): Yeats, W. B. Subject(s): Easter; Holidays; Imagination; Ireland - Rebellions; Vision; Markiewicz, Constance Georgine, Countess; Goone, Maud (1866-1953); Socialism; The Resurrection; Fancy EASTER 1984, by LES A. MURRAY Poem Full Text Poet's Biography First Line: When we saw human dignity / healing humans in the middle of the day Alternate Author Name(s): Murray, Leslie Allan Subject(s): Bible; Christianity; Easter; Holidays; Religion; The Resurrection; Theology EASTER ANTHEM, by LEVI BISHOP Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Sing the loud anthem o'er land and o'er sea Last Line: Jehovah has triumphed, his kingdom is free. Subject(s): Easter; Holidays; Jesus Christ; Resurrection, The; The Resurrection EASTER BELLS, by EDNA DEAN PROCTOR Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Lent was dreary and late that year Last Line: And the easter bells be ringing!' Alternate Author Name(s): Dean Subject(s): Bells; Easter; Holidays; The Resurrection EASTER BELLS, by MARGARET ELIZABETH MUNSON SANGSTER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Chime, solemn bells of easter! Last Line: And soothe earth's sad unrest. Alternate Author Name(s): Van Deth, Gerrit, Mrs. Subject(s): Catholic Church - Clergy; Easter; Holidays; Immortality; Catholic Priests; The Resurrection EASTER BRIDAL SONG, by ALICE CARY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Haste, little fingers, haste, haste Last Line: And bring the flowers so early! Subject(s): Brides; Easter; Holidays; The Resurrection EASTER CAROL, by GEORGE NEWELL LOVEJOY Poem Text First Line: O earth! Throughout thy borders Last Line: And christ is risen today! Subject(s): Easter; Holidays; Jesus Christ; Resurrection, The; The Resurrection EASTER CHORDS, by MARGARET ELIZABETH MUNSON SANGSTER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Christ the lord is risen to-day! Last Line: And earth and heaven together meet in ecstasies of glory. Alternate Author Name(s): Van Deth, Gerrit, Mrs. Subject(s): Crucifixion; Easter; Holidays; Jesus Christ = Suffering & Sacrifice; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion; The Resurrection EASTER COLLECT, by JOHN BYROM Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Almighty god! Whose blessed will was one Last Line: Who liv'd and died, and rose again for all. Subject(s): Easter; Holidays; Jesus Christ; Palm Sunday; Salvation; The Resurrection EASTER COMMUNION, by GERARD MANLEY HOPKINS Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Pure fasted faces draw unto this feast Last Line: Lo, god shall strengthen all the feeble knees. Subject(s): Easter; Eucharist; Holidays; The Resurrection; Communion EASTER DAWN, by FRANCES RIDLEY HAVERGAL Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: It is too calm to be a dream Last Line: And days of lent are gone at last. Subject(s): Easter; Holidays; The Resurrection EASTER DAWN, by CAROLINE M. KINDER Poem Text First Line: Lily bulbs, that in the earth Last Line: Easter dawn! Subject(s): Dawn; Easter; Holidays; Sunrise; The Resurrection EASTER DAY, by ROBERT BROWNING Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: How very hard it is to be / a christian! Hard for me and you Last Line: Is infinite, -- and who can say? Subject(s): Easter; Holidays; The Resurrection EASTER DAY, by JOHN BYROM Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The morning dawns; the third approaching day Last Line: In glorious bodies, fashion'd like his own. Subject(s): Easter; Holidays; Jesus Christ; Resurrection, The; The Resurrection EASTER DAY, by CLYDE MCGEE Poem Text First Line: Christ the lord is risen today Last Line: Hail him lord this easter day! Subject(s): Catholics; Easter; Holidays; Jesus Christ; Jesus Christ = Suffering & Sacrifice; Religion; Resurrection, The; Roman Catholics; Catholicism; The Resurrection; Theology EASTER DAY, by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Words cannot utter Last Line: Christ's day and ours. Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina Subject(s): Easter; Holidays; The Resurrection EASTER DAY, by ANNETTE WYNNE Poem Text First Line: Rabbits, chicks, and everything Last Line: And so—the world keeps easter day! Subject(s): Animals; April; Easter; Holidays; Rabbits; The Resurrection; Hares EASTER DAY IN A MOUNTAIN CHURCHYARD, by FELICIA DOROTHEA HEMANS Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: There is a wakening on the mighty hills Last Line: Lift up glad strains for man by truth divine made free! Alternate Author Name(s): Browne, Felicia Dorothea Subject(s): Easter; Holidays; The Resurrection EASTER DAY [IN ROME], by OSCAR WILDE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The silver trumpets rang across the dome Last Line: "and bruise my feet, and drink wine salt with tears." Alternate Author Name(s): Finga, O'flahertie Wills Subject(s): Easter; Holidays; Rome, Italy; The Resurrection EASTER DAY: NAPLES, 1849, by ARTHUR HUGH CLOUGH Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Through the great sinful streets of naples as I past Last Line: Christ is not risen? Subject(s): Easter; Holidays; Naples, Italy; The Resurrection EASTER ECHOES: 1, by FRANCES RIDLEY HAVERGAL Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Arise, for he is risen today Last Line: And keep perpetual easter-tide. Subject(s): Easter; Holidays; The Resurrection EASTER ECHOES: 2, by FRANCES RIDLEY HAVERGAL Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The white flowers, freed Last Line: Is risen indeed!' Subject(s): Easter; Holidays; The Resurrection EASTER ECHOES: 3, by FRANCES RIDLEY HAVERGAL Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: In the likeness of his death Last Line: Resurrection glory nearing. Subject(s): Easter; Holidays; The Resurrection EASTER ECHOES: 4, by FRANCES RIDLEY HAVERGAL Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Shall rise again! Last Line: Is fair new proof of resurrection power. Subject(s): Easter; Holidays; The Resurrection EASTER ECHOES: 5, by FRANCES RIDLEY HAVERGAL Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Far on the mountain height Last Line: That jesus lives and loves and cares for me. Subject(s): Easter; Holidays; The Resurrection EASTER ECHOES: 6, by FRANCES RIDLEY HAVERGAL Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Oh, let me know Last Line: Let me dwell always, only, where thou art. Subject(s): Easter; Holidays; The Resurrection EASTER EVE, by FRANCIS WILLIAM BOURDILLON Poem Full Text Poet's Biography First Line: Earth, what a precious burden dost thou bear Subject(s): Easter; The Resurrection EASTER EVE, by JOHN BANISTER TABB Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Lo, now his deadliest foes prevail Last Line: Shall blossom into easter morn! Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb Subject(s): Easter; Holidays; The Resurrection EASTER EVEN (1), by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The tempest over and gone, the calm begun Last Line: The shaking and the breath. Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina Subject(s): Easter; Holidays; The Resurrection EASTER EVEN (2), by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: There is nothing more that they can do Last Line: And with him bring his sheaves. Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina Subject(s): Easter; Holidays; Jesus Christ; The Resurrection EASTER FLOWERS, by MARGARET ELIZABETH MUNSON SANGSTER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Blooming to garland easter Last Line: To deck our king's highway. Alternate Author Name(s): Van Deth, Gerrit, Mrs. Subject(s): Easter; Flowers; Holidays; Jesus Christ; The Resurrection EASTER FLOWERS, by JOHN BANISTER TABB Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: We are his witnesses; out of the dim Last Line: Stands flooded with light of the new-risen sun! Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb Subject(s): Easter; Flowers; Holidays; The Resurrection EASTER GREETING, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: May the glad dawn Last Line: "o chirst, I live for thee" Variant Title(s): An Easter Wish Subject(s): Easter;holidays; The Resurrection EASTER GREETING, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: Though friends be many or be few Last Line: I like to wish you joy and cheer Subject(s): Easter;friendship;holidays; The Resurrection EASTER HERALDS, by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Who came from the tomb Last Line: When the saviour came. Subject(s): Easter; Holidays; The Resurrection EASTER HOLIDAYS, by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Hail! Festal easter, that dost bring Last Line: Like easter all the year. Subject(s): Easter; Holidays; The Resurrection EASTER HYMN, by GEORGE SANTAYANA Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I love the pious candle-light Last Line: For christ arisen, and hope dead. Subject(s): Easter; Holidays; The Resurrection EASTER HYMN, by HENRY VAUGHAN Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Death and darkness, get you packing Last Line: From this, unto the last of days. Alternate Author Name(s): Silurist Subject(s): Consolation; Easter; Holidays; Religion; The Resurrection; Theology EASTER HYMN, by CHARLES WESLEY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Christ the lord is risen to-day Last Line: Thus to sing, and thus to love! Variant Title(s): Easter Day;he Is Risen;the Lord Is Risen;for Easter-day Subject(s): Easter; Faith; Holidays; Jesus Christ; Religion; The Resurrection; Belief; Creed; Theology EASTER IN THE WHITE HILLS, by EDNA DEAN PROCTOR Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Hark! Where the cliffs are lost in clouds Last Line: To waumbek's templed hills. Alternate Author Name(s): Dean Subject(s): Easter; God; Holidays; New Hampshire; The Resurrection EASTER LILIES, by EFFIE WALLER SMITH Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: O, lovely easter lilies Last Line: Of spotless purity! Subject(s): Easter; Flowers; Holidays; Lilies; The Resurrection EASTER LILIES, by JOHN BANISTER TABB Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Though long in wintry sleep ye lay Last Line: Of christ, the king. Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb Subject(s): Easter; Flowers; Holidays; Lilies; The Resurrection EASTER MONDAY, by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Out in the rain a world is growing green Last Line: Let us wax and wane. Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina Subject(s): Christianity; Easter; Holidays; The Resurrection EASTER MORNING, by ARCHIE RANDOLPH AMMONS Poem Full Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I have a life that did not become, / that turned aside and stopped Alternate Author Name(s): Ammons, A. R. Subject(s): Easter; Holidays; The Resurrection EASTER MORNING, by EDNA DEAN PROCTOR Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The fasts are done; the aves said Last Line: Comes up the easter morning! Alternate Author Name(s): Dean Subject(s): Death; Easter; Holidays; Dead, The; The Resurrection EASTER MORNING, by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The sun arises from the sea Last Line: For ever and for ever. Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina Subject(s): Easter; Holidays; Morning; Nature; Religion; The Resurrection; Theology EASTER MORNING, by JOHN BANISTER TABB Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Behold, the night of sorrow gone Last Line: To kiss again the master's feet! Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb Subject(s): Easter; Holidays; The Resurrection EASTER MUSIC, by MARGARET WADE CAMPBELL DELAND Poem Text Poet Analysis First Line: Blow, golden trumpets, sweet and clear Last Line: "through death immortal life is here!" Subject(s): Easter; Holidays; Jesus Christ; Resurrection, The; The Resurrection EASTER NIGHT, by ALICE MEYNELL Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: All night had shout of men and cry Last Line: He rose again behind the stone. Alternate Author Name(s): Meynell, Wilfrid, Mrs.; Thompson, Alice Christina Subject(s): Easter; Holidays; Jesus Christ; Resurrection, The; The Resurrection EASTER REVELATION, by CLARA EMELIA ULLMAN Poem Text First Line: No mortal yet knows how the white lily grows Last Line: Life, and love never-failing and true. Subject(s): Easter; Flowers; Holidays; Jesus Christ = Suffering & Sacrifice; Lilies; The Resurrection EASTER SACRAMENTS, by HENRY PARK SCHAUFFLER Poem Text First Line: There is a soul gethsemane Last Line: To make his rising mine. Subject(s): Easter; Holidays; The Resurrection EASTER SONG, by STUART MERRILL Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: My soul is full of bells Last Line: To guide me in thy way! Subject(s): Easter; Holidays; The Resurrection EASTER SUNDAY, by LUCILLE CLIFTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: While I was in the middle of the night Last Line: And lift men up Subject(s): Easter; God; Holidays; Jesus Christ; Religion; Resurrection, The; The Resurrection; Theology EASTER SUNDAY, by LOUISE CHANDLER MOULTON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: On easter morn she kneels and prays Last Line: A gentle saint, she kneels and prays. Alternate Author Name(s): Chandler, Ellen Louise Subject(s): Easter; Holidays; The Resurrection EASTER TUESDAY, by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Together with my dead body shall they arise Last Line: Together with my dead body shall they. Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina Subject(s): Easter; Holidays; The Resurrection EASTER WEEK (WRITTEN FOR MUSIC TO BE SUNG ...), by CHARLES KINGSLEY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: See the land, her easter keeping Last Line: Like the birds who build and sing. Subject(s): Easter; Holidays; The Resurrection EASTER WINGS, by GEORGE HERBERT Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Lord, who createdst man in wealth and store Last Line: Affliction shall advance the flight in me. Subject(s): Bible; Christianity; Easter; God; Holidays; Religion; Wings; The Resurrection; Theology EASTER-DAY, by HENRY VAUGHAN Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography 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 EASTER-TIDE, by LEWIS MORRIS (1833-1907) Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Awake, arise, oh earth! Last Line: A mystery has been! A mystery! Subject(s): Easter; Holidays; The Resurrection EASTER; APRIL 1, 1888, by EMILY PAULINE JOHNSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Lent gathers up her cloak of sombre shading Last Line: Against the far blue sky. Alternate Author Name(s): Tekahionwake Subject(s): April; Catholic Church - Liturgy; Easter; Holidays; Lent; Time; The Resurrection EASTERTIDE, by CHARLES WHITWORTH WYNNE Poem Text First Line: Come wrap the crocus in his winding-sheet Last Line: Hosanna in the heights!' Alternate Author Name(s): Cayzer, Charles Subject(s): Easter; Holidays; Religion; The Resurrection; Theology FOR AN EASTER REMEMBRANCE (TO MEMORY OF HEDD WYN & GWILYYM WILLIAMS), by ARTHUR GLYN PRYS-JONES Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: These are the dead who caught thy word unspoken Last Line: To the glory of the heritage they kept within the night. Subject(s): Easter; Holidays; Memory; Wales; The Resurrection; Welshmen; Welshwomen FROM THE NIGHT OF FOREBEING; AN ODE AFTER EASTER, by FRANCIS THOMPSON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Cast wide the folding doorways of the east Last Line: And in the first does always see the last. Subject(s): Easter; Holidays; The Resurrection GOD SEND EASTER, by LUCILLE CLIFTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: And we will lace the Last Line: Glory in our skin Subject(s): Easter; Holidays; Jesus Christ; Religion; The Resurrection; Theology GOOD FRIDAY, by KATHARINE TYNAN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Good friday is a heavenly day Last Line: Died—and forgave. Alternate Author Name(s): Hinkson, Katharine Tynan Subject(s): Death; Easter; Forgiveness; Good Friday; Holidays; Holy Week; Jesus Christ; Dead, The; The Resurrection; Clemency GREAT JEHOVAH EVER PRESENT, by OLIVER MURRAY EDWARDS Poem Text First Line: When the eastern sky is burning Last Line: Grant me wisdom, grant me sight. Subject(s): Easter; Holidays; Jesus Christ; Religion; Wisdom; The Resurrection; Theology HOLY SATURDAY (1), by JOHN BANISTER TABB Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I came, o death, to conquer thee Last Line: And teach mankind thy charity. Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb Subject(s): Easter; Holidays; The Resurrection HOLY SATURDAY (2), by JOHN BANISTER TABB Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: O earth, who daily kissed his feet Last Line: "and made a temple of the tomb." Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb Subject(s): Easter; Holidays; Jesus Christ; Religion; The Resurrection; Theology HYMN EXULTANT, by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Voice of mankind, sing over Last Line: Our king returns to us, forever ours! Alternate Author Name(s): Johnson Of Boone, Benj. F. Subject(s): Easter; Holidays; Mankind; Singing & Singers; Soul; The Resurrection; Human Race HYMN: EASTER DAY, by REGINALD HEBER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: God is gone up with a merry noise Last Line: He hath won the victory! Subject(s): Easter; Holidays; Jesus Christ; Resurrection, The; The Resurrection I DEFINE THE DARKNESS CORRECT: THE FESTIVAL OF THE FRERES LUMIERES, by ELENI SIKELIANOS Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: It was just before easter Last Line: "next to me,"" history writes." Subject(s): Christianity; Easter; Festivals; Holidays; The Resurrection; Fairs; Pageants IN LENT, by KATHARINE TYNAN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Now with the lengthening days Last Line: How christ is risen, is risen, and death is slain. Alternate Author Name(s): Hinkson, Katharine Tynan Subject(s): Easter; God; Holidays; Jesus Christ; Lent; Prayer; The Resurrection IN MEMORIAM (EASTER 1915), by PHILIP EDWARD THOMAS Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The flowers left thick at nightfall in the wood Last Line: Have gathered them and will do never again. Alternate Author Name(s): Eastaway, Edward; Thomas, Edward Subject(s): Easter; Holidays; Soldiers; War; World War I; The Resurrection; First World War IN MEMORIAM A.H.H.: 119, by ALFRED TENNYSON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Doors, where my heart was used to beat Last Line: I take the pressure of thine hand. Alternate Author Name(s): Tennyson, Lord Alfred; Tennyson, 1st Baron; Tennyson Of Aldworth And Farringford, Baron Subject(s): Easter; Holidays; The Resurrection IN THE GARDEN, by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I think that still, as easter morn dawns nigh Last Line: His radiant easter presence we discern? Subject(s): Easter; Holidays; The Resurrection ISIS WANDERER, by KATHLEEN JESSIE RAINE Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: This too is an experience of the soul Subject(s): Easter; Holidays; The Resurrection JEREZ AT EASTER, by ROBERT BLY Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Recitation by Author Poet's Biography First Line: Please tell me why the lamb is in love with the wolf Subject(s): Easter; The Resurrection LOVE AT EASTER, by KATHARINE TYNAN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Sing to the lord a new song! Last Line: This easter-tide shall be. Alternate Author Name(s): Hinkson, Katharine Tynan Subject(s): Easter; God; Holidays; Love; Singing & Singers; The Resurrection MY LADY OF EASTER, by RAY CLARKE ROSE Poem Text First Line: The lilies that lean by the altar Last Line: That love is our calling! Subject(s): Easter; Holidays; Love; Praise; Religion; Saints; The Resurrection; Theology MY RISEN LORD, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: "my risen lord, I feel thy strong protection" Last Line: This easter day Subject(s): "easter;holidays;jesus Christ;prayer;resurrection, The;" The Resurrection NEEDLESS FEAR, by EMILY DICKINSON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Afraid? Of whom am I afraid Last Line: As soon impeach my crown! Subject(s): Death; Easter; Holidays; Dead, The; The Resurrection NIGHT AND DAY, by OLIVER MURRAY EDWARDS Poem Text First Line: Twas night, and darkness reigned supreme Last Line: Beyond the power of sin—man's soul shall never die. Subject(s): Bible; Death; Easter; Healing; Holidays; Holy Ghost; Immortality; Jesus Christ; Life; Light; Night; Praise; Religion; Religious Education; Sin; Dead, The; The Resurrection; Cures; Holy Spirit; Bedtime; Theology; Sunday Schools; Yeshivas; Parochial School NOT THE CUCKOLD'S DREAM; FOR SAM PEREIRA, by NORMAN DUBIE Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: He lifts the white skiff up onto the beach. It is easter Last Line: I will marry, he thought of the fish... Subject(s): Drowning; Easter; Fish & Fishing; Holidays; Man-woman Relationships; The Resurrection; Anglers; Male-female Relations ON EASTER MORNING, by CHARLES HENRY MACKINTOSH Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The door between the worlds is open wide Last Line: So long as love lives in the hearts of men! Subject(s): Easter; Holidays; The Resurrection OUR CHURCH PALMS ARE BUDDING YELLOW TWIGS, by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: While christ lay dead the widowed world Last Line: And love remembered mirth. Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina Subject(s): Easter; Holidays; The Resurrection PASCHAL, by ROBERT PINSKY Poem Full Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Easter was the old north Subject(s): Easter; Holidays; Religion; The Resurrection; Theology PASSAGE, by JOHN DRINKWATER Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: When you deliberate the page Last Line: In a moon's course, are history. Subject(s): Easter; History; Holidays; The Resurrection; Historians PEACE, by NELLE MCGINNIS Poem Text First Line: In god's own temple by the wooded hill Last Line: All came to me, that day, within this shrine. Subject(s): Easter; Holidays; The Resurrection POEMS FOR EASTER: 1, by ELIZABETH WILLIAMS COSGROVE Poem Text First Line: Shall a man live, though first he die?' Last Line: Then -- why not I? Subject(s): Easter; Holidays; The Resurrection POEMS FOR EASTER: 2, by ELIZABETH WILLIAMS COSGROVE Poem Text First Line: Angel, from my heart this day Last Line: Roll the stone of doubt away. Subject(s): Easter; Holidays; The Resurrection RABBONI, by JOHN BANISTER TABB Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I bring thee balm, and lo, thou art not here Last Line: "rabboni!"" -- only this." Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb Subject(s): Easter; Holidays; Jesus Christ; The Resurrection RESURGAM, by JAMES RYDER RANDALL Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Teach me, my god, to bear my cross Last Line: A lost one save! Subject(s): Easter; God; Holidays; Prayer; The Resurrection RESURRECTION, by HAZEL HANNA Poem Text First Line: The blessed christ on calvary Last Line: Our master lives again! Subject(s): Easter; Holidays; The Resurrection RESURRECTION, by FLORENCE A. PEPOON Poem Text First Line: This day in march I walk the hills Last Line: This day in march. Subject(s): Easter; Holidays; Jesus Christ; Resurrection, The; The Resurrection RESURRECTION HYMN, by MICHAEL WEISS Poem Text First Line: Christ the lord is risen again Last Line: Hallelujah! Subject(s): Easter; Holidays; Jesus Christ; The Resurrection RETURN TO MARSH STREET, by THOMAS MCGRATH Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Twice, now, I've gone back there, like a part-time ghost Last Line: Bearable Subject(s): Bohemians; Easter; Holidays; Los Angeles; The Resurrection REVELATION, by THOMAS CURTIS CLARK Poem Text First Line: Say not that death is king, that night is lord Last Line: When flooding sunrise told the night was gone. Variant Title(s): Easter Subject(s): Easter; Faith; Holidays; The Resurrection; Belief; Creed RHYME FOR HOLY SATURDAY, by JAMES MONAHAN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: This morning father blake / will bless us all Last Line: Will bless us all. Subject(s): Clergy; Easter; Holidays; Religion; Worship; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; The Resurrection; Theology RISE!, by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Rise from thoughts of shame and sin Last Line: At easter in the morning. Subject(s): Easter; Holidays; The Resurrection SOMETHING FOR EASTER, by ROBERT CREELEY Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Recitation by Author Poet's Biography First Line: I pulled the street us as you suggested Subject(s): Easter; The Resurrection SONNET: AT LAST, by PAUL HAMILTON HAYNE Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: In youth, when blood was warm and fancy high Last Line: Smiled, -- heaven's high-priest of immortality! Variant Title(s): The Mask Of Death Subject(s): Easter; Holidays; The Resurrection SPANISH EASTER: 1926, by CONRAD AIKEN Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Chickweed, gorse, pink cistus, and white, with furry leaves Last Line: Blameless as soulless, and wholesome as a handful of thyme Subject(s): Easter; The Resurrection SPRING (1), by RACHEL ANNAND TAYLOR Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Love as the resurrection angel, goes Last Line: Will never staunch the tears of mortal eyes. Subject(s): Angels; Easter; Graves; Holidays; Immortality; Jesus Christ; Love; Resurrection, The; The Resurrection; Tombs; Tombstones ST. LUKE XXIV, by CHARLES LOUIS HENRY WAGNER Poem Text First Line: And now upon the first morn of the week Last Line: Amen. Subject(s): Crucifixion; Easter; Holidays; Jesus Christ; Saints; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion; The Resurrection TEKEL, by ANNIE MATHESON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The bare black branches of the almond-tree Last Line: And tekel blaze across the wasted years. Subject(s): Easter; Holidays; Kindness; Love; The Resurrection THE AUTHOR'S EPITAPH, MADE BY HIMSELF, by WALTER RALEIGH Poem Text Poem Explanation Recitation Poet's Biography First Line: Even such is time, that takes in trust Last Line: My god shall raise me up, I trust. Alternate Author Name(s): Ralegh, Walter Variant Title(s): Verses Found In His Bible .. At Westminster;the Conclusion;lines Written The Night Before His Execution;to-day A Man, To-morrow None;last Line;his Epitaph;lines Found In His Bible In The Gate-house;even Such Is Time;verses Made The Night Before His Beheading;verses Made The Night Before He Died;lines Said To Have Been Written On The Eve Of His Execution;epitaph;verses Written In His Bible Subject(s): Ambition; Death; Easter; Faith; Great Britain - History; Heaven; Holidays; New Year; Religion; Time; Transience; Dead, The; The Resurrection; Belief; Creed; English History; Paradise; Theology; Impermanence THE BOOK OF THE DEAD: HE HOLDETH FAST TO THE MEMORY OF HIS IDENTITY, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: "in the great house, and in the house of fire" Last Line: Let me remember then the name I bore! Subject(s): Easter;holidays;memory; The Resurrection THE CURE'S NIECE, by THEODOSIA (PICKERING) GARRISON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Since gaston kissed and rode away Last Line: "o uncle, yea!"" I cry." Alternate Author Name(s): Faulks, Frederick J., Mrs. Subject(s): Easter; France; Holidays; Love; The Resurrection THE DAY OF JOY, by LUCY LARCOM Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: This is the gladness of our easter morning Last Line: This is the glory of our easter day. Subject(s): Easter; Holidays; The Resurrection THE DAY OF RESURRECTION, by JOHN OF DAMASCUS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The day of resurrection, / earth, tell it out abroad Last Line: Our joy that hath no end. Alternate Author Name(s): John Damascene; Chrysorrhoas Subject(s): Easter; Holidays; Religion; The Resurrection; Theology THE EARTH'S EASTER-TIDE, by LEWIS MORRIS (1833-1907) Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Sing and rejoice, soul of the world sing on! Last Line: Our sun is risen indeed! He lives and reigns again! Subject(s): Easter; Holidays; The Resurrection THE EASTER DECORATIONS, by ADA CAMBRIDGE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: O take away your dried and painted garlands Last Line: Captivity and winter, death and dark. Alternate Author Name(s): Cross, George, Mrs. Subject(s): Easter; Holidays; The Resurrection THE EASTER TEST, by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: If I had seen the master on that morning Last Line: To meet the lord of life and claim his love. Subject(s): Easter; Holidays; The Resurrection THE EVENING-WATCH; A DIALOGUE, by HENRY VAUGHAN Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Farewell! I go to sleep; but when Last Line: Is thy first breath, and man's eternal prime. Alternate Author Name(s): Silurist Subject(s): Easter; Holidays; The Resurrection THE GARDEN, by KATHARINE TYNAN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: There was a garden where he took Last Line: Amen. Alternate Author Name(s): Hinkson, Katharine Tynan Subject(s): Easter; Gardens & Gardening; Holidays; Jesus Christ; Prayer; Resurrection, The; The Resurrection THE GLORY OF THE SUN, by OLIVER MURRAY EDWARDS Poem Text First Line: A little crocus woke from sleep Last Line: It waits the sun above. Subject(s): Easter; Holidays; Sun; The Resurrection THE HYMNARY: 271. EASTER, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: Alleluia let the nations Last Line: His praise be evermore Subject(s): Easter;holidays; The Resurrection THE HYMNARY: 275. EASTER. A SEQUENCE OF THE 12TH CENTURY, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: Our salvation to obtain Last Line: "hear us, help us in our need" Subject(s): Easter;holidays; The Resurrection THE HYMNARY: 622. EASTER, by JEAN BAPTISTE SANTEUIL Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The stone is rolled away Last Line: Save us, we pray thee, from the second death. Subject(s): Easter; Holidays; The Resurrection THE LAMB, by JOHN CIARDI Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: A month before easter Last Line: Its flesh was easter Subject(s): Easter; Holidays; Lambs; The Resurrection THE LEGEND OF EASTER EGGS, by FITZ-JAMES O'BRIEN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Trinity bells with their hollow lungs Last Line: Of the holy marvel of easter day. Subject(s): Angels; Easter; Holidays; The Resurrection THE LEGEND OF THE PASQUE FLOWER, by R. ALICE FIKSDAL Poem Text First Line: There's a legend as old as the calendar year Last Line: Who heed the season's clarion call. Subject(s): Christianity; Easter; Holidays; Jesus Christ; Legends; The Resurrection THE LILY OF THE RESURRECTION, by LUCY LARCOM Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: While the lily dwells in earth Last Line: Dies a bulb, to live a flower! Subject(s): Easter; Flowers; Holidays; Jesus Christ; Lilies; Resurrection, The; The Resurrection THE LORD IS RISEN, THE CHRIST IS KING; AN EASTER HYMN, by OLIVER MURRAY EDWARDS Poem Text First Line: Awake from thy sleep! 'tis easter day! Last Line: Our lord is risen, our christ is king! Subject(s): Easter; Holidays; Jesus Christ; Resurrection, The; The Resurrection THE NEW BIRTH, by JONES VERY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Tis a new life; - thoughts move not as they did Last Line: Start from death's slumbers to eternity. Subject(s): Easter; Holidays; The Resurrection THE PASQUE FLOWER, by STELLA PFEIFFER BAISCH Poem Text First Line: Anemone of purple hue Last Line: Sweet, modest wind-flower of the plain. Subject(s): Easter; Flowers; Holidays; The Resurrection THE RECOMPENSE, by JOHN BANISTER TABB Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: She brake the box, and all the house was filled Last Line: And fills the world with rapture and with light. Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb Subject(s): Easter; Holidays; The Resurrection THE RESURRECTION, by JONATHAN HENDERSON BROOKS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: His friends went off and left him dead Last Line: That breathed the living breath of spring. Subject(s): Easter; Holidays; Jesus Christ; Resurrection, The; The Resurrection THE RESURRECTION, by DORA CLAIRE VANNIX Poem Text First Line: Twas just before the rosy dawn, on that first easter morn Last Line: "he lives! Awake! ""rise from the dead and christ shall give thee light." Subject(s): Easter; Holidays; Jesus Christ; Resurrection, The; The Resurrection THE REVERSE OF THE GOLDEN SHIELD (AN EASTER MORNING REVERIE), by WILL MAJOR MAUPIN Poem Text First Line: Along the chancel rail, and on the altar stair Last Line: Starve, and within the shadow of his church to-day. Subject(s): Churches; Easter; Flowers; God; Holidays; Lilies; Prayer; Cathedrals; The Resurrection THE ROOM OVERHEAD; AN EASTER THOUGHT, by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: It's a dark and narrow stairway to the room overhead Last Line: When I've mounted the narrow stair. Subject(s): Easter; Heaven; Holidays; The Resurrection; Paradise THE SECOND COMING, by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Recitation by Author Poet's Biography First Line: Turning and turning in the widening gyre Last Line: Slouches towards bethlehem to be born? Alternate Author Name(s): Yeats, W. B. Subject(s): Bible; Birds; Chaos; Easter; History; Holidays; Imagination; Judgment Day; Men; Millenium; Religion; Vision; War; The Resurrection; Historians; Fancy; End Of The World; Doomsday; Fall Of Man; Theology THE SPLENDOR OF LILIES, by MARGARET ELIZABETH MUNSON SANGSTER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Oh, rare as the splendor of lilies Last Line: To carpet a path for our king. Alternate Author Name(s): Van Deth, Gerrit, Mrs. Subject(s): Easter; Flowers; Gardens & Gardening; Holidays; Jesus Christ; Lilies; Resurrection, The; The Resurrection THE WREATH, by DORA SIGERSON SHORTER Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet's Biography First Line: Here on my path by some hard fate struck down Last Line: Placed on my heart the grief of yester-year. Alternate Author Name(s): Sigerson, Dora; Shorter, Mrs. Clement Subject(s): Death; Easter; Graves; Holidays; Dead, The; The Resurrection; Tombs; Tombstones THE WRECK OF THE 'STELLA', by NEWMAN HOWARD Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Easter comes like the gleam of a dawn that delivers the slave Last Line: For great is the empire of earth, more great the command of the soul. Subject(s): Earth; Easter; Holidays; Love; Tears; Time; World; The Resurrection THEIR EASTER AND OURS, by HARRY RANDOLPH BLYTHE Poem Text First Line: Ere the master came to claim his own Last Line: Who knew him not when he came to his own! Subject(s): Easter; Holidays; Religion; The Resurrection; Theology THROUGH LENT, by FLORENCE WALLIN Poem Text First Line: I ask to see none else but my poor self Last Line: At eastertide. Subject(s): Easter; Holidays; The Resurrection TOWARDS DEMOCRACY: PART 4. EASTER DAY ON MT. MOUNIER, by EDWARD CARPENTER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Silence Last Line: Lost in the light of heaven. Subject(s): Easter; Holidays; The Resurrection TWO EASTER LILIES, by JOHN BANISTER TABB Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Behold the reed of scorn Last Line: Her lord to greet. Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb Subject(s): Easter; Flowers; Holidays; Lilies; The Resurrection VERSES ON TEXTS: EASTER HALLELUJAHS, ISA. 44, 22-23, by FRANCES RIDLEY HAVERGAL Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: O mountain height, break forth and sing Last Line: Let easter hallelujahs rise from every living thing! Subject(s): Easter; Holidays; The Resurrection WAITING FOR EASTER, by EDNA DEAN PROCTOR Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Hark! The clarion march wind! Its wild, defiant greeting Last Line: We will wait the coming of the blessed easter day! Alternate Author Name(s): Dean Subject(s): Easter; Holidays; Nature; Waiting; The Resurrection WHITE EASTER LILIES, by BLANCHE MALLERY PAYNE Poem Text First Line: Rows of stately easter lilies stood shining and purely white Last Line: Was first an easter lily pure, and grew in god's own care. Subject(s): Easter; Flowers; Holidays; Lilies; Religion; The Resurrection; Theology WOMAN'S EASTER, by LUCY LARCOM Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: With mary, ere dawn, in the garden Last Line: Breathe through us thy errands forever! Subject(s): Easter; Holidays; The Resurrection YE SHALL LIVE ALSO, by CHRISTIAN FURCHTEGOTT GELLERT Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Jesus lives! No longer now Last Line: Thou wilt be my confidence! Variant Title(s): Easter Hymn Subject(s): Easter; Holidays; Jesus Christ; The Resurrection |
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