Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, EASTER HYMN, by JOHN OF DAMASCUS


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EASTER HYMN, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Come, and let us drink of that new river
Last Line: With thyself upraise me to the skies.
Alternate Author Name(s): John Damascene; Chrysorrhoas
Subject(s): Jesus Christ


Come, and let us drink of that new river,
Not from barren rock divinely poured,
But the fount of life that is forever
From the sepulchre of Christ the Lord.

All the world hath bright illumination--
Heaven and earth and things beneath the earth:
'Tis the festival of all creation:
Christ hath risen, who gave creation birth.

Yesterday with Thee in burial lying,
Now today with Thee arisen I rise;
Yesterday the partner of Thy dying,
With thyself upraise me to the skies.





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