(48 quotes found)
“The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim with age, and nature sink in years, But thou shalt flourish in immortal youth, Unhurt amidst the wars of elements, The wrecks of matter, and the crush of worlds.”
Joseph Addison
“The fasts are done; the Aves said; The moon has filled her horn And in the solemn night I watch Before the Easter morn. So pure, so still the starry heaven, So hushed the brooding air, I could hear the sweep of an angel's wings If one should earthward fare.”
Contributed by: Randi
Edna Dean Proctor
“But from this earth, this grave, this dust, My God shall raise me up, I trust.”
Walter Raleigh
“For I remember it is Easter morn, And life and love and peace are all new born.”
Alice Freeman Palmer
“Ye Heavens, how sang they in your courts, How sang the angelic choir that day, When from his tomb the imprisoned God, Like the strong sunrise, broke away?”
Rev. Frederick William Faber
“Easter so longed for is gone in a day. ~”
James Howell
“See the land, her Easter keeping, Rises as her Maker rose. Seeds, so long in darkness sleeping, Burst at last from winter snows. Earth with heaven above rejoices...”
Charles Kingsley
“Once more to new creation Awake, and death gainsay, For death is swallowed up of life, And Christ is risen today!”
George Newell Lovejoy
“Let the resurrection joy lift us from loneliness and weakness and despair to strength and beauty and happiness.”
Floyd W. Tomkins
“There is not room for Death, / Nor atom that his might could render void: / Thou - Thou art Being and Breath, / And what Thou art may never be destroyed.”
Emily Bronte
