All rank on rank the tall white lillies stood,
The graceful palms against the rose-flushed sky
Showed gemmed with dew-drops, and red poppies glowed
Through the rank grass near by.
All hushed the air was – rapt and clear and still
The earth, late racked with pain
Felt it’s insensate form with rapture thrill
And hope was born again
But in that garden there was silence deep,
All nature waited – till a ringing cry
‘Rabboni! Master!’ cleft the dewey air,
And swift the listening sky
Flashed into splendour, and the sun leaped up
And all creation thrilled with joy new-born
Hailing Our risen Lord with ectasy
On that first Easter morn.
(Alice Guerin Crist)
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