THE CHRISTIAN YEAR
S. Baring-Gould, 1834–1924.
ON the Resurrection morning
Soul and body meet again;
No wore sorrow, no more weeping,
No more pain!
2 Here awhile they must be parted,
And the flesh its Sabbath keep,
Waiting in a holy stillness,
Wrapt in sleep.
3 For a while the wearied body
Lies with feet toward the morn;
Till the last and brightest Easter
Day be born.
4 But the soul in contemplation
Utters earnest prayer and strong,
Bursting at the Resurrection
Into song
5 Soul and body reunited
Thenceforth nothing shall divide
Walking up in Christ's own likeness
Satisfied.
6 O the beauty. O the gladness
Of that Resurrection day,
Which shall not through endless ages
Pass away!
7 On that happy Eater morning
All the graves their dead restore;
Father, sister, child, and mother
Meet once more.
8. To that brightest of all meetings
Bring us, Jesu Christ, at last,
By thy Cross, through death and judgement,
Holding fast.
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