| Alfred H. Miles, ed. The Sacred Poets of the Nineteenth Century. 1907. | | | Time Flies.
XVIII. “Words cannot utter” | | By Christina G. Rossetti (1830–1894) |
| | Easter Day
WORDS cannot utter | |
| Christ His returning:— | |
| Mankind, keep Jubilee, | |
| Strip off your mourning, | |
| Crown you with garlands, | 5 |
| Set your lamps burning. | |
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| Speech is left speechless;— | |
| Set you to singing, | |
| Fling your hearts open wide, | |
| Set your bells ringing: | 10 |
| Christ the Chief Reaper | |
| Comes, His sheaf bringing. | |
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| Earth wakes her song birds, | |
| Puts on her flowers, | |
| Leads out her lambkins, | 15 |
| Builds up her bowers: | |
| This is man’s spousal day, | |
| Christ’s day and ours. | | | | |
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