Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, A NON-NATURAL EASTER, by CHARLES TENNYSON TURNER


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A NON-NATURAL EASTER, by                     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


Ill fares the priest to-day, who blinks the faith
Of Easter, and, recoiling from the shock
Of the great theme submitted to his flock,
Reserves his thoughts about the Life and Death;
How false he feels when our high feast returns!
While, in his pulpit, on his sidelong eye
The chalice gleams, the great East window burns,
The snow-white board obtrudes its purity;
And he must go and bless it - yea, he goes!
Though covert ironies within him ask
Whether, in very deed, our Day-star rose;
'Tis sad to see him how he takes his mask
To meet the morning! timid and untrue,
And missing all the sweet airs and the dew!





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