Still thy sorrow, Magdalena! Wipe the tear-drops from thine eyes; Not at Simon's board thou kneelest, Pouring thy repentant sighs: All with thy glad heart rejoices; All things sing with happy voices, Hallelujah! Laugh with rapture, Magdalena! Be thy drooping forehead bright; Banished now is every anguish, Breaks anew thy morning light; Christ from death the world hath freed; He is risen, is risen indeed: Hallelujah! Joy! exult, O Magdalena! He hath burst the rocky prison; Ended are the days of darkness: Conqueror hath He arisen. Mourn no more the Christ departed; Run to welcome Him, gladhearted: Hallelujah! Lift thine eyes, O Magdalena! See! thy living Master stands; See His face, as ever, smiling; See those wounds upon His hands, On His feet, His sacred side, Gems that deck the Glorified: Hallelujah! Live, now live, O Magdalena! Shining is thy newborn day; Let thy bosom pant with pleasure, Death's poor terror flee away; Far from thee and tears of sadness, Welcome love, and welcome gladness! Hallelujah! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A DISCRETE LOVE POEM by JAMES GALVIN OLD MEN ON THE COURTHOUSE LAWN, MURRAY, KENTUCKY by JAMES GALVIN WHAT WE SAID THE LIGHT SAID by JAMES GALVIN DESTINY by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON ON CARPACCIO'S PICTURE: THE DREAM OF ST. URSALA; SONNET by AMY LOWELL DISMAL MOMENT PASSING by CLARENCE MAJOR |