Easter Sunday

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Prayer By George Herbert



published 1633


 
Easter Sunday
 

Prayer the church's banquet, angel's age,
God's breath in man returning to his birth,
The soul in paraphrase, heart in pilgrimage,
The Christian plummet sounding heav'n and earth
Engine against th' Almighty, sinner's tow'r,
Reversed thunder, Christ-side-piercing spear,
The six-days world transposing in an hour,
A kind of tune, which all things hear and fear;
Softness, and peace, and joy, and love, and bliss,
Exalted manna, gladness of the best,
Heaven in ordinary, man well drest,
The milky way, the bird of Paradise,
Church-bells beyond the stars heard, the soul's blood,
The land of spices; something understood.
 
 
 

[George Herbert lived from 1593 to 1633. His poems in English were published together in 1633.]


Happy Easter to all blog readers


Picture is Easter Service by Mikhail Germashev from the Athenaeum website.





















Comments

  1. Anonymous16 April 2017 at 12:28

    That's a lovely choice of poem for today, Moira! So much there in such a short poem, too. Happy Easter to you and your family.

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    1. Clothes In Books16 April 2017 at 13:19

      Thanks Margot! Best Easter wishes to you and yours.

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  2. Anonymous16 April 2017 at 19:00

    I read the poem before reading when it was written, and was really surprised that it comes from the 17th Century! In the end good poetry and good prose can be timeless, I suppose.

    And a happy Easter to you too.

    ggary

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    1. Clothes In Books17 April 2017 at 17:04

      Happy Easter! Yes, it's lovely and timeless as you say.

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  3. Christine16 April 2017 at 22:28

    Thank you, Moira. A wonderful poem by a favourite poet of mine. Peace and joy to you and your family.

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    1. Clothes In Books17 April 2017 at 17:05

      Best wishes to you and yours. George Herbert had an intriguing soul...

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  4. TracyK17 April 2017 at 04:12

    That is a very nice picture, Moira. I hope you had a lovely Easter.

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    1. Clothes In Books17 April 2017 at 17:06

      Thank you, and all good wishes to you and your family.

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  5. col291017 April 2017 at 07:58

    Have a good one (belated)!

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  6. Prashant C. Trikannad17 April 2017 at 09:49

    Moira, season's greetings and (belated) Happy Easter to you and everyone at home!

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    1. Clothes In Books17 April 2017 at 17:07

      Thanks Prashant, and the same to you and your family.

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  7. Bill Selnes18 April 2017 at 06:26

    Beautiful. Before reading the poem I was wondering what clothes were written about almost 500 years ago. I think you must love poetry.

    I hope you had a Happy Easter. We were glad to be with our sons in Calgary on our way back from Florida.

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    1. Clothes In Books18 April 2017 at 21:32

      Glad you had a happy Easter Bill - so did I.
      Sometimes the clothes move to one side to make way for something else - this was one of those times!

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