Easter

“Awake, thou wintry earth— Christ is risen.”

“Tomb, thou shalt not hold Him longer;Christ will rise on Easter Day.”

“Ye Heavens, how sang they in your courts, Like the strong sunrise, broke away?”

“Hail, Day of days! in peals of praise And high o'er heaven was throned.”

“Come, ye saints, look here and wonder, Yes, the Lord has risen to-day.”

“'Twas Easter-Sunday. The full-blossomed treesFilled all the air with fragrance and with joy.”

“O chime of sweet Saint Charity, And hear My Son in heaven!”

“In the bonds of Death He layHallelujah!”

“I think of the garden after the rain; And the Easter bells be ringing!"”

“The fasts are done; the Aves said; If one should earthward fare.”

“Spring bursts to-day,For Christ is risen and all the earth's at play.”

“God expects from men something more than at such times, and that it were much to be wished for the credit of their religion as well as the satisfaction of their conscience that their Easter devotions would in some measure come up to their Easter dress.”

“Christ is our Passover!All welcome, even the least!”

“Jesus Christ is risen to-day, Hallelujah!”