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30            Poems by Mary Baker Eddy

  	                 EASTER MORN 

 1	    GENTLY thou beckonest from the
  	        giant hills
 3	      The new-born beauty in the emer-
  	        ald sky,
  	    And wakening murmurs from the drowsy
 6	        rills — 
  	      O gladsome dayspring! 'reft of mortal sigh
  	    To glorify all time — eternity — 
 9	    With thy still fathomless Christ-majesty. 

  	    E'en as Thou gildest gladdened joy, dear
  	        God,
12	      Give risen power to prayer; fan Thou the
  	        flame
  	    Of right with might; and midst the rod,
15	      And stern, dark shadows cast on Thy blest
  	        name,
  	    Lift Thou a patient love above earth's ire,
18	    Piercing the clouds with its triumphal spire. 

  	    While sacred song and loudest breath of
  	        praise
21	      Echo amid the hymning spheres of light, — 
  	    With heaven's lyres and angels' loving lays, — 
  
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 1	      Send to the loyal struggler for the right,
  	    Joy — not of time, nor yet by nature sown,
 3	    But the celestial seed dropped from Love's
  	        throne. 

  	    Prolong the strain "Christ risen!" Sad sense,
 6	        annoy
  	      No more the peace of Soul's sweet solitude! 
  	    Deep loneness, tear-filled tones of distant joy,
 9	      Depart! Glad Easter glows with grati-
  	        tude — 
  	    Love's verdure veils ...the leaflet's wondrous
12	        birth — 
  	    Rich rays, rare footprints on the dust of earth. 

  	    Not life, the vassal of the changeful hour,
15	      Nor burdened bliss, but Truth and Love
  	        attest
  	    The solemn splendor of immortal power, — 
18	      The ever Christ, and glorified behest,
  	    Poured on the sense which deems no suffering
  	        vain
21	    That wipes away the sting of death — sin,
  	        pain. 

  	      Pleasant View, Concord, N. H., April 18, 1900. 
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