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Easter: Quotations from Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations
Awake, thou wintry earth- Fling off thy sadness! Fair vernal flowers, laugh forth Your ancient gladness! Christ is risen.— THOMAS BLACKBURN — An Easter Hymn.
Yes, He is ris'n who is the First and Last; Who was and is; who liveth and was dead; Beyond the reach of death He now has pass'd, Of the one glorious Church the glorious Head. $. HORATIUS BONAR, D.D.-He is Risen. EASTER.. Alas! when duty grows thy law, enjoyment fades away.— SCHILLER — The Playing Infant.
Blow wind! come, wrack! At least we'll die with the harness on our back.— Shakespeare — Macbeth. Act V. Sc. 5. L. 51.
I do perceive here a divided duty.— Shakespeare — Othello. Act I. Sc. 3. L. 181.
I thought the remnant of mine age Should have been cherish'd by her child-like duty.— Shakespeare — Two Gentlemen of Verona. Act III. Sc. 1. L. 74.
Such duty as the subject owes the prince, Even such a woman oweth to her husband.— Shakespeare — Taming of the Shrew. Act V. Sc. 2. L. 155.
Not once or twice in our rough island story, The path of duty was the way to glory.— TENNYSON — Ode on the Death of the Duke of Wellington. St. 8.
Simple duty hath no place for fear.— WHITTIER — Tent on the Beach.
Abraham Davenport. Last Line. Stern Daughter of the Voice of God.— WORDSWORTH — Ode to Duty.
The primal duties shine aloft, like stars; The charities that soothe, and heal, and bless Are scattered at the feet of Man, like flowers.— WORDSWORTH — The Excursion. Bk. IX.
Who art a light to guide, a rod To check the erring, and reprove.— WORDSWORTH — Ode to Duty.
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.— PHILLIPS BROOKS — The Easter Flower.
Tomb, thou shalt not hold Him longer; Death is strong, but Life is stronger; Stronger than the dark, the light; Stronger than the wrong, the right; Faith and Hope triumphant say Christ will rise on Easter Day.— PHILLIPS BROOKS — An Easter Carol.
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? FREDERICK WILLIAM FABER, D.D.- Jesus Risen. Hail, Day of days! in peals of praise Throughout all ages owned, When Christ, our God, hell's empire trod, And high o'er heaven was throned. FORTUNATUS (Bishop of Poictiers) - Hail, Day of Days! in Peals of Praise. Jesus lives, to Him the Throne Over all the world is given, May we go where He is gone, Rest and reign with Him in Heaven. Alleluia! C.— C. F. GILLERT — Jesus Lives.
Christ hath arisen! O mountain peaks, attest- Witness, resounding glen and torrent wave! The immortal courage in the human breast Sprung from that victory-tell how oft the brave To camp 'midst rock and cave, Nerved by those words, their struggling faith have borne, Planting the cross on high above the clouds of morn!— MRS. HEMANS — Easter Day in a
Mountain Churchyard. Rise, heart! thy Lord is risen. Sing His praise Without delays Who takes thee by the hand, that thou likewise With Him mayst rise- That as His death condemned thee to dust, His life may make thee gold, and much more just.— HERBERT — Easter.
Come, ye saints, look here and wonder, See the place where Jesus lay; He has burst His bands asunder; He has borne our sins away; Joyful tidings, Yes, the Lord has risen to-day.— THOMAS KELLY — Come, Ye Saints, Look
Here and Wonder. 'Twas Easter-Sunday. The full-blossomed trees Filled all the air with fragrance and with joy.— LONGFELLOW — Spanish Student. Act I. Sc. 3.
In the bonds of Death He lay Who for our offence was slain; But the Lord is risen to-day, Christ hath brought us life again, Wherefore let us all rejoice, Singing loud, with cheerful voice, Hallelujah!— MARTIN LUTHER — In the Bonds of
Death He Lay.
Hallelujah! Hallelujah! On the third morning He arose, Bright with victory o'er his foes. Sing we lauding, And applauding, Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! From the Latin of the 12th Century. Trans. by J. M. NEALE. I think of the garden after the rain; And hope to my heart comes singing, "At morn the cherry-blooms will be white, And the Easter bells be ringing!"— EDNA DEAN PROCTER — Easter Bells.
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.— EDNA DEAN PROCTER — Easter Morning.
Spring bursts to-day, For Christ is risen and all the earth's at play.— CHRISTINA G. ROSSETTI — An Easter
Carol. God expects from men something more than at such times, and that it were much to be wished for the credit of their religion as well as the satisfaction of their conscience that their Easter devotions would in some measure come up to their Easter dress.— SOUTH — Sermons. Vol. II. Ser. 8.
Ring, snow-white bells, your purest praise To glorify this Easter day, And let our risen Saviour's joy Your voiceless, fragrant breath employ :- Fill every valley with perfume And lighten death's appalling gloom, Teach ye our troubled hearts the way To trust our Saviour every day.— W. J. R. TAYLOR — Easter Lilies.
Sing aloud, children! sing to the glorious King Of Redemption, who sits on the throne, For the seraphim high veil their faces, and cry, And the angels are praising the Son. With His raiment blood-dyed, and with wounds in His side, He returns like a chief from the war, When His champion blow hath laid death and hell low, And hath driven destruction afar. A. R. THOMPSON, D.D.-Sing Aloud, Children. Christ is our Passover! And we will keep the feast With the new leaven, The bread of heaven: All welcome, even the least! a. A. R. THOMPSON, D.D.- We Keep The Festival. From the Roman Breviary. "Christ the Lord is risen to-day," Sons of men and angels say. Raise your joys and triumphs high; Sing, ye heavens, and earth reply.— CHARLES WESLEY — " Christ the Lord is
Risen To-day." Jesus Christ is risen to-day, Our triumphant holy day; Who did once upon the cross Suffer to redeem our loss. Hallelujah! Jesus Christ is Risen To-day. From a Latin Hymn of the 15th Century- Translator unknown.