Religion

Easter-day.

by Henry Vaughan 1621–1695

Religion

THou, whose sad heart, and weeping head lyes low,
Whose Cloudy brest cold damps invade,
Who never feel'st the Sun, nor smooth'st thy brow,
But sitt'st oppressed in the shade,
Awake, awake,
And in his Resurrection partake,
Who on this day (that thou might'st rise as he,)
Rose up, and cancell'd two deaths due to thee.

Awake, awake; and, like the Sun, disperse
All mists that would usurp this day;
Where are thy Palmes, thy branches, and thy verse?
Hosanna! heark; why doest thou stay?
Arise, arise,
And with his healing bloud anoint thine Eys,
Thy inward Eys; his bloud will cure thy mind,
Whose spittle only could restore the blind.

MLA

Vaughan, Henry. “Easter-day.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/vaughan/53/.

Chicago

Vaughan, Henry. “Easter-day.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/vaughan/53/.

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