"The Day of Easter": A Paschal Poem ~ The Imaginative Conservative

"The Day of Easter": A Paschal Poem ~ The Imaginative Conservative

The last cool star of dawn was foretelling the brightest sunshine; no cloud, no drift of mist was travelling across any part of the sky. Coming from there, the breeze blew so sweetly across the face, so gently, that it seemed to whisper to the depths of the heart: ‘Life is sweet and death is darkness.’ ‘Christ is Risen!’ Young and old, maidens, everyone, little and great, prepare! Inside the laurel-covered churches, gather in the light of joy! O…