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EASTER by WILLIAM SHARP

First Line: THE STARS WAILED WHEN THE REED WAS BORN
Last Line: TIME BOWED BEFORE ETERNITY.
Subject(s): EASTER; GOOD FRIDAY; GRIEF; HOLIDAYS; HOLY WEEK; IMMORTALITY; NATURE; TIME; THE RESURRECTION; SORROW; SADNESS;
The stars wailed when the reed was born,
And heaven wept at the birth of the thorn:
Joy was pluckt like a flower and torn,
For Time foreshadowed Good-Friday Morn.

But the stars laughed like children free
And heaven was hung with the rainbow's glee
When at Easter Sunday, so fair to see,
Time bowed before Eternity.



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