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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` A DIALOGUE (FOR A BASE AND TWO TREBLES), by JOSEPH BEAUMONT    Poem Text                    
First Line: Death had not venturd to draw neer
Last Line: Is ty'd & bound, have power to goe !
Subject(s): Jesus Christ; Resurrection, The


A GUARD OF THE SEPULCHER, by EDWIN MARKHAM    Poem Full Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: I was a roman soldier in my prime
Subject(s): Jesus Christ; Resurrection, The


A HYMN FOR EASTER DAY, by JOHN BYROM    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: The lord is risen! He, who came
Last Line: Cho. Worthy of all pow'r and praise, &c.
Subject(s): Easter; Holidays; Jesus Christ; Religion; Resurrection, The; Salvation; The Resurrection; Theology


ALLELUIA!, by KATHARINE TYNAN    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: With windflower now and daffodil
Last Line: Alleluia!
Alternate Author Name(s): Hinkson, Katharine Tynan
Subject(s): Birds; Cuckoos; Jesus Christ; Praise; Resurrection, The


AMORETTI: 68, by EDMUND SPENSER    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Most glorious lord of life, that on this day
Last Line: Love is the lesson which the lord us taught.
Alternate Author Name(s): Clout, Colin
Variant Title(s): "easter Day;christ's True Love's Example;easter Morning;sonnet On Easter;easter;""most Glorious Lord Of Lyfe That On This Day"";
Subject(s): Bible; Easter; Holidays; Jesus Christ; Redemption; Religion; Resurrection, The; The Resurrection; Theology


AN EASTER OFFERING, by NANCY A. BASTON    Poem Text                    
First Line: Now, nature, from the fertile mold
Last Line: He lives, our resurrected king!
Subject(s): Easter; Grace; Holidays; Jesus Christ; Resurrection, The; The Resurrection


AN EASTER SONG, by SARAH CHAUNCEY WOOLSEY    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: A song of sunshine through the rain
Last Line: Were just three days apart.
Alternate Author Name(s): Coolidge, Susan
Variant Title(s): Calvary And Easter
Subject(s): Easter; Holidays; Jesus Christ; Religion; Resurrection, The; The Resurrection; Theology


AN EASTER VISION, by EDWARD NOYES POMEROY    Poem Text                    
First Line: On easter morn I had a wondrous vision
Last Line: Doth every sunrise bring an easter morning.
Subject(s): Easter; Holidays; Jesus Christ; Resurrection, The; The Resurrection


ARISEN, by THOMAS WALSH    Poem Text                    
First Line: At every tomb an angel
Last Line: Cloud and strand rejoice, rejoice!
Alternate Author Name(s): Gill, Roderick; Strange, Garrett
Subject(s): Jesus Christ; Resurrection, The


AS IT BEGAN TO DAWN, by GEORGE EDWARD HOFFMAN    Poem Source                    
First Line: A sound, a sigh; a whip of rushing air
Subject(s): Jesus Christ; Resurrection, The


BLESSING, AND HONOR, AND GLORY, AND POWER, by HORATIO (HORATIUS) BONAR    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
Last Line: Dying in weakness, but rising to reign
Subject(s): Jesus Christ; Religion; Resurrection, The


CHIRST IS ARISEN, by LUCY LARCOM    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Vainly we make for thee a grave apart
Last Line: Alleluia! Christ is arisen!
Subject(s): Jesus Christ; Resurrection, The


CHRIST HAS RISEN, by SARAH CHAUNCEY WOOLSEY    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
Alternate Author Name(s): Coolidge, Susan
Subject(s): Jesus Christ; Resurrection, The


CHRIST PERFECT THROUGH SUFFERINGS, by THOMAS KELLY (1769-1855)    Poem Source                    
First Line: The head that once was crowned with thorns
Last Line: Their name an everlasting name, %their joy the joy of heaven
Subject(s): Jesus Christ; Religion; Resurrection, The


CHRYSALIS, by MAE EMERSON DINELLI JONES    Poem Text                    
First Line: Death drew a pall about his form
Last Line: A worthy leader of his failing race.
Subject(s): Jesus Christ; Resurrection, The


DAWN, by MIRIAM LEFEVRE CROUSE    Poem Source                    
First Line: Near the dawn mary went
Subject(s): Jesus Christ; Resurrection, The


DEATH AND RESURRECTION, by PRISCILLA JANE THOMPSON    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: The priests, the elders, and the scribes
Last Line: Joint-ruler of his own.
Subject(s): Jesus Christ; Resurrection, The


EASTER, by JOSEPH BEAUMONT    Poem Text                    
First Line: Slow phoebus thou hast slept too long
Last Line: Now he, our head revived doth appeare.
Subject(s): Easter; Holidays; Jesus Christ; Resurrection, The; The Resurrection


EASTER, by CHARLOTTE LOUISE BERTLESEN    Poem Text                    
First Line: It comes again-the eastertide
Last Line: Oh, would that men had understood!
Subject(s): Easter; Holidays; Jesus Christ; Resurrection, The; The Resurrection


EASTER, by JOHN FREEMAN    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Who is it risen?-spirit of earth
Last Line: Spirit of heaven.
Subject(s): Catholics; Crucifixion; Easter; Holidays; Jesus Christ; Resurrection, The; Roman Catholics; Catholicism; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion; The Resurrection


EASTER, by EFFIE WALLER SMITH    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Oh, joyful, glad easter morning
Last Line: On the resurrection day.
Subject(s): Easter; Holidays; Jesus Christ; Resurrection, The; The Resurrection


EASTER, by CHARLES HANSON TOWNE    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Lord, now that spring is in the world
Last Line: I'll hear thee pass!
Subject(s): Easter; Holidays; Jesus Christ; Resurrection, The; The Resurrection


EASTER, by AMELIA WOODWARD TRUESDELL    Poem Text                    
First Line: O soul, be still! Scourge not thyself with doubt
Last Line: "recurrent resurrection is eternal life."
Subject(s): Christianity; Easter; Holidays; Jesus Christ; Jesus Christ = Suffering & Sacrifice; Resurrection, The; The Resurrection


EASTER, by JOHN VAN BRAKLE    Poem Source                    
First Line: Today unnumbered church bells ring
Subject(s): Jesus Christ; Resurrection, The


EASTER, by ROBERT WHITAKER    Poem Source                    
First Line: With song and sun-burst comes the easter morn
Subject(s): Jesus Christ; Lent; Resurrection, The


EASTER (TO A BASE AND TWO TREBLES), by JOSEPH BEAUMONT    Poem Text                    
First Line: Tears have done: / our rising sun
Last Line: And sing him now his morning-sacrifice.
Subject(s): Easter; Holidays; Jesus Christ; Resurrection, The; The Resurrection


EASTER ANTHEM, by LEVI BISHOP    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Sing the loud anthem o'er land and o'er sea
Last Line: Jehovah has triumphed, his kingdom is free.
Subject(s): Easter; Holidays; Jesus Christ; Resurrection, The; The Resurrection


EASTER CAROL, by GEORGE NEWELL LOVEJOY    Poem Text                    
First Line: O earth! Throughout thy borders
Last Line: And christ is risen today!
Subject(s): Easter; Holidays; Jesus Christ; Resurrection, The; The Resurrection


EASTER DAY, by JOHN BYROM    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             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


EASTER DAY, by CLYDE MCGEE    Poem Text                    
First Line: Christ the lord is risen today
Last Line: Hail him lord this easter day!
Subject(s): Catholics; Easter; Holidays; Jesus Christ; Jesus Christ = Suffering & Sacrifice; Religion; Resurrection, The; Roman Catholics; Catholicism; The Resurrection; Theology


EASTER HYDRANGEAS, by JEANNE EMMONS    Poem Source                    
First Line: These potted pink hydrangeas
Last Line: Please say yes
Subject(s): Catholics; Easter; Holidays; Jesus Christ; Resurrection, The


EASTER JOY, by DAISY CONWAY PRICE    Poem Source                    
First Line: I, too, o christ, denied you
Subject(s): Jesus Christ; Resurrection, The


EASTER LIGHT, by IDA NORTON MUNSON    Poem Source                    
First Line: Because upon the first glad easter day
Subject(s): Jesus Christ; Resurrection, The


EASTER MESSAGE, by JOHN VAN BRAKLE    Poem Source                    
First Line: Almost two thousand years ago today
Subject(s): Jesus Christ; Resurrection, The


EASTER MORNING, by WINFRED ERNEST GARRISON    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Gray clouds against a leaden sky
Subject(s): Jesus Christ; Resurrection, The


EASTER MUSIC, by MARGARET WADE CAMPBELL DELAND    Poem Text         Poet Analysis            
First Line: Blow, golden trumpets, sweet and clear
Last Line: "through death immortal life is here!"
Subject(s): Easter; Holidays; Jesus Christ; Resurrection, The; The Resurrection


EASTER NIGHT, by ALICE MEYNELL    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: All night had shout of men and cry
Last Line: He rose again behind the stone.
Alternate Author Name(s): Meynell, Wilfrid, Mrs.; Thompson, Alice Christina
Subject(s): Easter; Holidays; Jesus Christ; Resurrection, The; The Resurrection


EASTER SUNDAY, by LUCILLE CLIFTON    Poem Full Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: While I was in the middle of the night
Last Line: And lift men up
Subject(s): Easter; God; Holidays; Jesus Christ; Religion; Resurrection, The; The Resurrection; Theology


EASTER SUNDAY, by LUCILLE CLIFTON    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: While I was in the middle of the night
Last Line: I must slide down like a great dipper of stars %and lift men up
Subject(s): Easter; God; Holidays; Jesus Christ; Religion; Resurrection, The


ECHOES OF JESUS, by LUCILE COLEMAN    Poem Source         Poet Analysis            
First Line: A little inn in bethlehem first heard the echo of his voice
Subject(s): Jesus Christ; Resurrection, The


FIRST MONENTS OF RESURRECTION, by SANDOR CSOORI    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: The dog sat there on the manure pile
Last Line: In the world!
Subject(s): Jesus Christ; Resurrection, The


FOR RODDY, by LUCILLE CLIFTON    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: I am imagining this of you
Last Line: Toward me, wherever, whose ever I am.
Subject(s): Imagination; Jesus Christ; Life; Resurrection, The; Fancy


GARDEN, by BELLE F. OWENS    Poem Source                    
First Line: The garden now is sealed and dead
Subject(s): Jesus Christ; Resurrection, The


GOING, by CINCINNATUS HEINE MILLER    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: What if we all lay dead below
Last Line: What infidel can speak as they?
Alternate Author Name(s): Miller, Joaquin
Subject(s): Resurrection, The


GRACE AT EVENING, by EDWIN MCNEILL POTEAT JR.    Poem Source                    
First Line: Be with us, lord, at eventide
Last Line: Thyself, for thy dear sake
Subject(s): Holidays; Jesus Christ; Religion; Resurrection, The; Thanksgiving


GUARD OF THE SEPULCHER, by EDWIN MARKHAM    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: I was a roman soldier in my prime
Last Line: For we, who all the wonder might have told, %kept silence, for our mouths were stopt with gold
Subject(s): Jesus Christ; Resurrection, The


HE IS RISEN, by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: The lord indeed is risen
Alternate Author Name(s): Oxenham, John
Subject(s): Jesus Christ; Resurrection, The


HE IS RISEN, by EFFIE WALLER SMITH    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: He is not here,' the angel said
Last Line: A life of spotless purity!
Subject(s): Jesus Christ; Life; Resurrection, The


HOPE, by ANONYMOUS    Poem Text                    
First Line: He died! / and with him perished all that men hold dear
Last Line: Rose when he rose
Subject(s): "crucifixion;jesus Christ;resurrection, The;" Jesus Christ - Crucifixion


HOUR IS LATE, by IDA NORTON MUNSON    Poem Source                    
Subject(s): Jesus Christ; Resurrection, The


HYMN: EASTER DAY, by REGINALD HEBER    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: God is gone up with a merry noise
Last Line: He hath won the victory!
Subject(s): Easter; Holidays; Jesus Christ; Resurrection, The; The Resurrection


IN RESURRECTION IS IT AWFULLER, by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
Last Line: One in our resurrection-songs of praise
Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina
Subject(s): Resurrection, The


INCENSE, by LESLIE SAVAGE CLARK    Poem Source                    
First Line: Fragrance drifts through our thoughts of him
Subject(s): Jesus Christ; Resurrection, The


LIGHT'S GLITTERING MORN BEDECKS THE SKY, by JOHN MASON NEALE    Poem Source                    
Last Line: An angel robed in light hath said, %'the lord is risen from the dead'
Subject(s): Jesus Christ; Religion; Resurrection, The


MARY, by NELLIE KNIGHT    Poem Source                    
First Line: On the first easter, ere the harbinger
Subject(s): Jesus Christ; Resurrection, The


MARY KNEW, by IDA NORTON MUNSON    Poem Source                    
First Line: Trembling with grief came mary magdalene
Subject(s): Jesus Christ; Resurrection, The


MARY MAGDALENE BEARING TIDINGS OF THE RESURRECTION, by FELICIA DOROTHEA HEMANS    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Then was a task of glory all thine own
Last Line: Whose undespairing love still owned the spirit's worth.
Alternate Author Name(s): Browne, Felicia Dorothea
Subject(s): Jesus Christ; Mary Magdalen; Resurrection, The; Women In The Bible; Mary Magdalene


MEDITATIONS FOR EVERY DAY IN PASSION WEEK: SATURDAY, by JOHN BYROM    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Jesus is crucified - the previous scene
Last Line: Salvation is the life of christ in us.
Subject(s): Bible; Crucifixion; Jesus Christ; Religion; Resurrection, The; Salvation; Supernatural; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion; Theology


MEDITATIONS FOR EVERY DAY IN PASSION WEEK: THURSDAY, by JOHN BYROM    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Dead as men are, in trespasses and sins
Last Line: The gate of life, and paradise regain'd.
Subject(s): Bible; Christianity; Jesus Christ; Jesus Christ - Life & Ministry; Religion; Resurrection, The; Theology


MIRACLES, by CONRAD AIKEN    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Twilight is spacious, near things in it seem far
Last Line: Into the darkness. . . . It is exquisite.
Subject(s): Apostles; Bible; Jesus Christ; Miracles; Resurrection, The; Disciples, Twelve


MY RISEN LORD, by ANONYMOUS    Poem Text                    
First Line: "my risen lord, I feel thy strong protection"
Last Line: This easter day
Subject(s): "easter;holidays;jesus Christ;prayer;resurrection, The;" The Resurrection


MY SAVIOUR, by MARY HALLET    Poem Source                    
First Line: My saviour in gethsemane
Subject(s): Jesus Christ; Resurrection, The


NO DEATH, by MARY BAGGOTT    Poem Text                    
First Line: How do I know there is no death?'
Last Line: "there is no death."
Subject(s): Future Life; Jesus Christ; Resurrection, The; Retribution; Eternity; After Life


ON RISING FROM THE DEAD, by CAROLYN KIZER    Poem Full Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Saturday noon: the morning of the mind
Last Line: With dionysus, singing from the cross!
Subject(s): Jesus Christ; Morning; Religion; Resurrection, The; Waking; Women; Women's Rights; Theology; Feminism


ON THE RESURRECTION, by CHARLES WESLEY    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Rejoice, the lord is king
Subject(s): Jesus Christ; Resurrection, The


ON THE RESURRECTION OF CHRIST, by WILLIAM DUNBAR    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Done is a battle [battell] on the dragon black [blak]
Last Line: Surrexit dominus de sepulchro.
Subject(s): Jesus Christ; Resurrection, The


ON THE RESURRECTION OF CHRIST, by WILLIAM DUNBAR    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Done is a battle [battell] on the dragon black [blak]
Last Line: Surrexit dominus de sepulchro.
Subject(s): Jesus Christ; Resurrection, The


ON THE RESURRECTION OF CHRIST, by WILLIAM DUNBAR    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Surrexit dominus de sepulchro %the lord is risen from death to life again
Subject(s): Jesus Christ; Resurrection, The


ON THE RESURRECTION: THE LORD IS KING, by EDWARD PERRONET    Poem Text                    
First Line: All hail the power of jesus' name
Last Line: The crowned lord of all!
Variant Title(s): Coronation
Subject(s): Jesus Christ; Resurrection, The; Worship


OUR CHRIST, by HARRY WEBB FARRINGTON    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: I know not how that bethlehem's babe
Last Line: Our immortality!
Subject(s): Jesus Christ; Resurrection, The


PIETA IN LOS ANGELES: 1. PIETA IN A LOS ANGELES MORTUARY, by PHILOMENE LONG    Poem Source                    
First Line: John thomas: stretched upon a gurney
Last Line: Into the 'eye of god'
Subject(s): Easter; Holidays; Jesus Christ; Love; Poetry And Poets; Resurrection, The


PRAYER AT THE ELEVATION, by ANONYMOUS    Poem Text                    
First Line: "welcome, lord, in form of bread"
Last Line: Hail! In form of bread! Amen
Subject(s): "jesus Christ;resurrection, The;


RESURRECTION, by CLAUDE HOUGHTON    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: We who have lived through these death-lusty days
Last Line: And in the lily's waxen pallor,—death.
Subject(s): Jesus Christ; Resurrection, The


RESURRECTION, by MICHAEL LIEBERMAN    Poem Source                    
First Line: It was sunday, easter sunday, he remembered. Helen is in
Last Line: Of substrate what the product is. I must tell this to helen
Subject(s): Jesus Christ; Resurrection, The


RESURRECTION, by LLOYD FRANK MERRELL    Poem Source                    
First Line: I did not know, the day I nailed
Subject(s): Jesus Christ; Resurrection, The


RESURRECTION, by ANGELA MORGAN    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Waken, o world, if you would glimpse the wonder
Last Line: God and immortal life are here and now!
Subject(s): Jesus Christ; Resurrection, The


RESURRECTION, by IDA NORTON MUNSON    Poem Source                    
First Line: It came so quietly
Subject(s): Jesus Christ; Resurrection, The


RESURRECTION, by FLORENCE A. PEPOON    Poem Text                    
First Line: This day in march I walk the hills
Last Line: This day in march.
Subject(s): Easter; Holidays; Jesus Christ; Resurrection, The; The Resurrection


RESURRECTION, by ETHEL BLACKWELL ROBINSON    Poem Text                    
First Line: In time god decrees us a boon of sweet rest
Last Line: For god-given vigor ne'er dies!
Subject(s): Jesus Christ; Resurrection, The


RESURRECTION, by AGNES WILLIAMSON STORER    Poem Text                    
First Line: In this brown seed, so dry and hard
Last Line: And christ our lord has conquered death.
Subject(s): Jesus Christ; Resurrection, The


RESURRECTION, by JOHN BANISTER TABB    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: All that springeth from the sod
Last Line: Waits the resurrection morn.
Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb
Subject(s): Jesus Christ; Resurrection, The


RESURRECTION AND ASCENSION, by EARL D. TODD    Poem Source                    
First Line: He built a kingdom with his heart and brain
Subject(s): Jesus Christ; Resurrection, The


RESURRECTION EVE, by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: He resteth: weep not
Last Line: That he inherits.
Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina
Subject(s): Death; Jesus Christ; Life; Love; Religion; Resurrection, The; Dead, The; Theology


RESURRECTION SONG, by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Thread the nerves through the right holes
Last Line: And pull up the nostrils! His nose was snub.
Subject(s): Jesus Christ; Resurrection, The; Singing & Singers; Songs


RESURRECTION UPDATE, by JAMES GALVIN    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: And then it happened
Last Line: An aspirin in a glass of water
Subject(s): Earth; Jesus Christ; Resurrection, The; World


RESURRECTION, IMPERFECT, by JOHN DONNE    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Sleep, sleep old sun, thou canst not have repast
Last Line: Desunt coetera.
Variant Title(s): Resurrection
Subject(s): Bible; Jesus Christ; Religion; Resurrection, The; Theology


ROAD TO EMMANUS, by IDA NORTON MUNSON    Poem Source                    
First Line: Twilight, and on a dusty ribboned way
Subject(s): Jesus Christ; Resurrection, The


ROMANCERO: BOOK 2. LAMENTATIONS: LAZARUS. 3. RESURRECTION, by HEINRICH HEINE    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: The trumpet's wild echo fills the skies
Last Line: And hell for the goats is selected.
Subject(s): Death; Graves; Jesus Christ; Judgment Day; Resurrection, The; Dead, The; Tombs; Tombstones; End Of The World; Doomsday; Fall Of Man


S. THOMAS, by JOSEPH BEAUMONT    Poem Text                    
First Line: I must not praise thee that thou tardy art
Last Line: My god, my lord, for ever will I crie.
Subject(s): Doubt; Jesus Christ; Resurrection, The; Saints; Skepticism


SACRED EPIGRAM: ON THE RESURRECTION OF THE LORD, by RICHARD CRASHAW    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Behold, you are born! And with you, your world, golden king
Last Line: But surely not even death: indeed so that it may be buried in your tomb, %christ, death itself will
Subject(s): Jesus Christ; Resurrection, The


SAFE IN THEIR ALABASTER CHAMBERS, by EMILY DICKINSON    Poem Text     Poem Explanation     Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
Last Line: Soundless as dots on a disk of snow
Subject(s): Graves; Resurrection, The


SEPULCHER IN THE GARDEN, by JOHN HUSTON FINLEY    Poem Source                    
First Line: What though the flowers in joseph's garden grew
Subject(s): Jesus Christ; Resurrection, The


SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY GRAVESTONE FOR A CHILD, by RAYMOND OLIVER    Poem Source                    
First Line: The resurrection must take place
Last Line: But she is in her father's mansion
Subject(s): Graves; Jesus Christ; Religion; Resurrection, The


SONG AT EASTER, by CHARLES HANSON TOWNE    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: If this bright lily
Subject(s): Jesus Christ; Resurrection, The


SONG FOR THE NIGHT OF CHRIST'S RESURRECTION, by JEAN INGELOW    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: It is the noon of night
Last Line: Holding the new-won crown above his saintly head.
Subject(s): Jesus Christ; Light; Night; Resurrection, The; Singing & Singers; Bedtime; Songs


SPRING (1), by RACHEL ANNAND TAYLOR    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Love as the resurrection angel, goes
Last Line: Will never staunch the tears of mortal eyes.
Subject(s): Angels; Easter; Graves; Holidays; Immortality; Jesus Christ; Love; Resurrection, The; The Resurrection; Tombs; Tombstones


STONE, by KENNETH WIGGINS PORTER    Poem Source                    
First Line: Christ is risen, christ is risen!'
Subject(s): Jesus Christ; Resurrection, The


STORY FROM EASTER: HE HAS RISEN, by JOANNE KYGER    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: There is a mouse under the sink
Last Line: Buries mouse next day
Alternate Author Name(s): Snyder, Gary, Mrs.
Subject(s): Animals; Death; Easter; Grief; Holidays; Jesus Christ; Loss; Resurrection, The


THAT NATURE IS A HERACLITEAN FIRE & OF THE COMFORT OF THE RESURRECTION, by GERARD MANLEY HOPKINS    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Cloud-puffball, torn tufts, tossed pillows
Last Line: Is immortal diamond.
Variant Title(s): That Nature Is A Heraclitean Fire And Of The Comfort Of The Resurrecti
Subject(s): Jesus Christ; Nature; Religion; Resurrection, The; Theology


THE DEATH AND PASSION: 23, by ELIZABETH MIDDLETON    Poem Text                    
First Line: Unhappy merchant, thus t'expose thy lord
Last Line: Of him, who came, this sicke worlde to redeeme.
Subject(s): Death; Jesus Christ; Love; Religion; Resurrection, The; Dead, The; Theology


THE DEATH AND PASSION: 24, by ELIZABETH MIDDLETON    Poem Text                    
First Line: Oh blessed virgin, hadst thowe present bene
Last Line: That juryes wealth, on hayre should never buy.
Subject(s): Death; Jesus Christ; Love; Religion; Resurrection, The; Dead, The; Theology


THE DEATH AND PASSION: 25, by ELIZABETH MIDDLETON    Poem Text                    
First Line: But thowe true patterne of pure pyety
Last Line: Goe buy thyne owne from those preistes murth'ring handes.
Subject(s): Death; Jesus Christ; Love; Religion; Resurrection, The; Dead, The; Theology


THE DEATH AND PASSION: 26, by ELIZABETH MIDDLETON    Poem Text                    
First Line: And judas o yf greedy hope of gayne
Last Line: Then scornefull foes, whose spight and pyde abhorre him.
Subject(s): Death; Jesus Christ; Love; Religion; Resurrection, The; Dead, The; Theology


THE DEATH AND PASSION: 27, by ELIZABETH MIDDLETON    Poem Text                    
First Line: Oh what would lazarus new brought to live
Last Line: Who lov'd him more then all ye world can doe.
Subject(s): Death; Jesus Christ; Love; Religion; Resurrection, The; Dead, The; Theology


THE DEATH AND PASSION: 28, by ELIZABETH MIDDLETON    Poem Text                    
First Line: Yea leave the earth, and ask the angels bright
Last Line: Thy guilt had bene the lesse, thy gayne the more.
Subject(s): Death; Jesus Christ; Love; Religion; Resurrection, The; Dead, The; Theology


THE DEATH AND PASSION: 29, by ELIZABETH MIDDLETON    Poem Text                    
First Line: But sin, with self conceit it self doth blind
Last Line: Weare in his pow'r, to use him, as he please.
Subject(s): Death; Jesus Christ; Love; Religion; Resurrection, The; Dead, The; Theology


THE DREAM, by MRS. ROSS YOCOM    Poem Text                    
First Line: I had a dream the other night
Last Line: For the lowly nazarene of ancient days.
Subject(s): Dreams; Jesus Christ; Resurrection, The; Nightmares


THE GARDEN, by KATHARINE TYNAN    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: There was a garden where he took
Last Line: Amen.
Alternate Author Name(s): Hinkson, Katharine Tynan
Subject(s): Easter; Gardens & Gardening; Holidays; Jesus Christ; Prayer; Resurrection, The; The Resurrection


THE GOSPEL WOMEN: 12. MARY MAGDALENE, by GEORGE MACDONALD    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: With wandering eyes and aimless zeal
Last Line: Dwell'st with him in god's heart!
Subject(s): Bible; Jesus Christ; Mary Magdalen; Resurrection, The; Women; Women - Bible; Mary Magdalene


THE LILY OF THE RESURRECTION, by LUCY LARCOM    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: While the lily dwells in earth
Last Line: Dies a bulb, to live a flower!
Subject(s): Easter; Flowers; Holidays; Jesus Christ; Lilies; Resurrection, The; The Resurrection


THE LORD IS RISEN, THE CHRIST IS KING; AN EASTER HYMN, by OLIVER MURRAY EDWARDS    Poem Text                    
First Line: Awake from thy sleep! 'tis easter day!
Last Line: Our lord is risen, our christ is king!
Subject(s): Easter; Holidays; Jesus Christ; Resurrection, The; The Resurrection


THE READER OF THE SENTENCES, by NORMAN DUBIE    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: The dead soldiers rise and walk into the trees
Last Line: There is the day's work to be done.
Subject(s): Books; Children; Eckehart, Johannes (meister) (1260-1327); Jesus Christ; Martyrs; Memory; Resurrection, The; World War Ii; Reading; Childhood; Eckhart, Meister; Second World War


THE RESURRECTION, by DAVID BOTTOMS    Poem Full Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: I'd dared her to go in, and we came on that dare
Last Line: That first delicate laying on of hands?
Subject(s): Cemeteries; Death; Funerals; Graves; Jesus Christ; Love - Beginnings; Resurrection, The; Graveyards; Dead, The; Burials; Tombs; Tombstones


THE RESURRECTION, by JONATHAN HENDERSON BROOKS    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: His friends went off and left him dead
Last Line: That breathed the living breath of spring.
Subject(s): Easter; Holidays; Jesus Christ; Resurrection, The; The Resurrection


THE RESURRECTION, by ROBERT HERRICK    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: That christ did die, the pagan saith
Last Line: But that he rose, that's christians faith.
Subject(s): Jesus Christ; Resurrection, The


THE RESURRECTION, by FRANCIS LEDWIDGE    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: My true love still is all that's fair
Last Line: Which throws a shadow on my mind.
Subject(s): Flowers; Jesus Christ; Love; Resurrection, The; Trees


THE RESURRECTION, by DORA CLAIRE VANNIX    Poem Text                    
First Line: Twas just before the rosy dawn, on that first easter morn
Last Line: "he lives! Awake! ""rise from the dead and christ shall give thee light."
Subject(s): Easter; Holidays; Jesus Christ; Resurrection, The; The Resurrection


THE RESURRECTION POSSIBLE, AND PROBABLE, by ROBERT HERRICK    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: For each one body, that I'th earth is sowne
Last Line: Of ours, as is the rising of the wheat.
Subject(s): Jesus Christ; Resurrection, The


THE SACRAMENT, by CHARLES L. FORD    Poem Text                    
First Line: This is my body, which is given for you
Last Line: "and hear thy voice, ""arise, let us go hence."
Subject(s): Jesus Christ; Resurrection, The


THE SPLENDOR OF LILIES, by MARGARET ELIZABETH MUNSON SANGSTER    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Oh, rare as the splendor of lilies
Last Line: To carpet a path for our king.
Alternate Author Name(s): Van Deth, Gerrit, Mrs.
Subject(s): Easter; Flowers; Gardens & Gardening; Holidays; Jesus Christ; Lilies; Resurrection, The; The Resurrection


THE SUPPER AFTER THE LAST, by GALWAY KINNELL    Poem Full Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: The desert moves out on half the horizon
Last Line: I make you over. I breed the shape of your grave in the dirt
Subject(s): Resurrection, The; Messiah; Deserts


THE WOMAN'S THANKS, by THEODOSIA (PICKERING) GARRISON    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: There is so much strong men are thankful for
Last Line: My thanks for these thy little blessings' sake.
Alternate Author Name(s): Faulks, Frederick J., Mrs.
Subject(s): Gardens & Gardening; God; Holidays; Jesus Christ; Resurrection, The; Sabbath; Thanksgiving; Women; Sunday


THEY SAW AND BELIEVED, by ESTHER LLOYD HAGG    Poem Source                    
First Line: And after calvary, a garden, green
Subject(s): Jesus Christ; Resurrection, The


TOMBS, by LOUISE WEBSTER    Poem Source                    
First Line: Egyptian tombs hold priceless things
Subject(s): Jesus Christ; Resurrection, The


TWO SONGS FROM A PLAY ('THE RESURRECTION'): 2, by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: In pity for man's darkening thought
Alternate Author Name(s): Yeats, W. B.
Subject(s): Jesus Christ; Resurrection, The


TWO SONGS FROM A PLAY ('THE RESURRECTION'): 2, by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: In pity for man's darkening thought
Last Line: Man's own resinous heart has fed
Alternate Author Name(s): Yeats, W. B.
Subject(s): Jesus Christ; Resurrection, The


UNHOLY SONNET: 20, by MARK JARMAN    Poem Full Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: One model asks another, 'what do you eat?'
Last Line: Eating down to the perfume of your wrist
Variant Title(s): Sonnet: 7
Subject(s): Food & Eating; Resurrection, The; Jesus Christ


WHY SHOULD I WAIT?, by LILITH LORRAINE    Poem Text                    
First Line: If, as the oriental mystics say
Last Line: Why should I wait till death to be reborn?
Alternate Author Name(s): Wright, Mary M.
Subject(s): Death; Future Life; Jesus Christ; Rebirth; Resurrection, The; Dead, The; Retribution; Eternity; After Life


WORDS FOR A RESURRECTION, by LEO KENNEDY    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Each pale christ stirring underground
Last Line: And lilies on his brow.
Subject(s): Jesus Christ; Resurrection, The