Classic and Contemporary Poetry
EASTER DAY, by JOHN BYROM 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 | ||||||||
THE morning dawns; the third approaching day Can only shew the place where Jesus lay: Angels descendremember what he said "He is not here, but risen from the dead; "Betray'd into the hands of sinful men, "The Son of man must die, and rise again." So sang the prophets, ever since the fall; Of rites ordain'd the meaning this, thro' all. This, by the various sacrifice of old, Memorial type, and shadow, was foretold: Even false worship, careless what it meant, Gave to this truth an ignorant consent. Christ is the sum and substance of the whole That God has done or said, to save a soul, To raise himself a Church; when that is done, The world becomes the kingdom of his Son; A Heav'n restor'd to the redeem'd, the born Of Him who rose on this auspicious morn. He that was dead, in order to restore, Behold! He is alive for evermore: A heav'nly Adam, full empow'r'd to give The life that men were first design'd to live: Fountain of life! come, whosoever will, To quench his thirst, and freely take his fill. Mankind, in Him, are life's predestin'd heirs; His rising glories the first-fruits of theirs. Hearts that renounce the slavery to sin, Feel of his pow'r the living warmth within; Of strengthening faith, of joyous hope possess'd, And Heav'n-producing love within the breast: The breastthe temple of the Holy Ghost, When once enliven'd by this heav'nly host: His resurrection, the sure proof of ours, Will there exert his death-destroying pow'rs; Till all his sons shall meet before his throne In glorious bodies, fashion'd like his own. | Discover our poem explanations - click here!Other Poems of Interest...EASTER by LOUISA SARAH BEVINGTON EASTER EVE by FRANCIS WILLIAM BOURDILLON EASTER SUNDAY by LUCILLE CLIFTON GOD SEND EASTER by LUCILLE CLIFTON NOT THE CUCKOLD'S DREAM; FOR SAM PEREIRA by NORMAN DUBIE EASTER HYMN by GEORGE SANTAYANA I DEFINE THE DARKNESS CORRECT: THE FESTIVAL OF THE FRERES LUMIERES by ELENI SIKELIANOS SPANISH EASTER: 1926 by CONRAD AIKEN |
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