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THE EASTER FLOWER
O Garden by the City gate
Where seeds of flowers are sown,
What seed is this they bring in state
With grief and sob and moan?
Where seeds of flowers are sown,
What seed is this they bring in state
With grief and sob and moan?
They hide it in the silent ground,
And sadly turn away,
The dark earth closes it around
Beneath the closing day.
And sadly turn away,
The dark earth closes it around
Beneath the closing day.
And there its patient rest it takes,
With folded life and power,
Till, when the third bright morning breaks,
Behold it bursts to flower!
With folded life and power,
Till, when the third bright morning breaks,
Behold it bursts to flower!
And ever since the new-made sun
Turned Eden's slopes to green,
Of all Earth's gardens not in one
So fair a flower was seen.
Turned Eden's slopes to green,
Of all Earth's gardens not in one
So fair a flower was seen.
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It glows with faith and charity,
With love for man and God,
In it a hope which cannot die
Springs from the bursting clod.
With love for man and God,
In it a hope which cannot die
Springs from the bursting clod.
A Rose whose heart is mystic Love,
Whose fragrance fills the Earth,
While happy Heaven which bends above
Sings at the blessed birth.
Whose fragrance fills the Earth,
While happy Heaven which bends above
Sings at the blessed birth.
O Risen Christ! O Easter Flower!
How dear Thy Grace has grown!
From East to West, with loving power,
Make all the world Thine own.
How dear Thy Grace has grown!
From East to West, with loving power,
Make all the world Thine own.
And make our hearts Thy gardens. Bloom
In them, dear Lord, and be
Their life of life till Life gives room
To Immortality!
In them, dear Lord, and be
Their life of life till Life gives room
To Immortality!
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