Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, AN EASTER SONG, by MARGARET ELIZABETH MUNSON SANGSTER


Poetry Explorer

Classic and Contemporary Poetry

AN EASTER SONG, by                     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


THE golden sun climbs up the sky,
The shadows flee away,
Oh! weary heart, forget to sigh,
God sends thee Easter Day!
Long was the night, chill was the air,
And grief o'er brooded long,
Yet is the new world white and fair,
Uplift thine Easter song!

The cross that bowed thee with its weight
By strength of prayer is stirred,
Till it shall bear thee soon or late,
As wings upbear the bird.
The life that thrills from star to star,
And beats in leaf and stem,
Is wider than the heavens are,
And blesses thee from them.

Wert thou cast down, wert thou dismayed,
Dear child of One above,
Behold the earth in light arrayed,
The light of deathless love.
Oh! listen to the word that wakes
In every budding flower,
And take the bread the Master breaks,
In His triumphant hour.

Nor feel, dear one whom Jesus saves,
And heartens day by day,
That earth is but a place of graves,
A dim and dolorous way.
As mothers hush their little ones,
God puts his own to sleep;
And long as time is marked by suns,
Their beds His angels keep.

Not once a year alone, but oft
In all our years of days,
Shall fall the word or promise, soft
As hymns the blessed raise.
If but we bend the listening ear
To hear upon the strand
The wave-beat of the endless life,
Not far, but close at hand.

For those who hear, and hearing yearn,
The King hath secrets sweet;
Their hearts within them thrill and burn,
They wait His coming feet.
Then swift the sun climbs up the sky!
The shadows flee away!
Oh! weary heart, forget to sigh,
God sends thee Easter Day!





Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!


Other Poems of Interest...
Home: PoetryExplorer.net