Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, EASTERTIDE, by CHARLES WHITWORTH WYNNE


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EASTERTIDE, by                    
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


I

COME wrap the crocus in his winding-sheet,
For lowly lies his head:
His wind-blown petals torn with snow and sleet,
And March, the slayer, fled.

II

Lo! Easter comes, and with the uprisen God
A million chimes awake:
The grass springs greener from the dripping sod,
The lily scents the brake.

III

And Nature hails her cardinal high-priest
With music all her own;
Her choirs await his chariot in the East,
And his bright service crown.

IV

Till every glade takes up the festal song,
And every rill unites—
'Glory to Him to Whom all joys belong,
Hosanna in the heights!'





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