Stop not now to count the cost;
Hither bring pearl, opal, sard;
Reck not what the poor have lost;
Upon Christ throw all away:
Know ye, this is Easter Day.
Build His church and deck His shrine,
Empty though it be on earth;
Ye have kept your choicest wine—
Let it flow for heavenly mirth;
Pluck the harp and breathe the horn:
Know ye not 'tis Easter morn?
Gather gladness from the skies;
Take a lesson from the ground;
Flowers do ope their heavenward eyes
And a Spring-time joy have found;
Earth throws Winter's robes away,
Decks herself for Easter Day.
Beauty now for ashes wear,
Perfumes for the garb of woe,
Chaplets for dishevelled hair,
Dances for sad footsteps slow;
Open wide your hearts that they
Let in joy this Easter Day.
Seek God's house in happy throng;
Crowded let His table be;
Mingle praises, prayer, and song,
Singing to the Trinity.
Henceforth let your souls always
Make each morn an Easter Day.
Gerard Manley Hopkins 1866
On Easter Day the veil between time and eternity thins to gossamer. ~Douglas Horton
Pamela Kemke Digital Art
He takes men out of time and makes them feel eternity.
~Ralph Waldo Emerson
See the land, her Easter keeping,
Rises as her Maker rose.
Seeds, so long in darkness sleeping,
Burst at last from winter snow
Earth with heaven above rejoices...
~Charles Kingsley
Ye sleeping buds, break
Open your green cerements, and wake
To fragrant blossoming for His sweet sake.
~Margaret French Patton
Alfred Sisley
Easter Blessings
4 comments:
Wishing you the loveliest of Easters!
Your photos are as lovely as the paintings!
Have a Joyful Easter!
Happy Easter to you and Charles, Hildred.
He is risen, indeed! Wonderful post for us 'who Beauty now for ashes wear'--wishing you a glorious day of celebration.
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