Classic Poem

Lo, the Day of days is here,
Earth puts on her robes of cheer:
Day of hope and prophecy,
Feast of Immortality!
Fields are smiling in the sun,
Loosened streamlets seaward run,
Tender blade and leaf appear,
'Tis the Springtide of the year!
Day of hope and prophecy,
Feast of Immortality!

Lo, the Day of days is here,
Hearts, awake and sing with cheer!
He who robes his earth anew
Careth for his children too.
They who look to him in faith
Triumph over fear and death;
Speaks the angel by the door
‘They are risen’ evermore.
Day of hope and prophecy,
Feast of Immortality!

Lo, the Day of days is here,
Music thrills the atmosphere.
Join, ye people all, and sing
Love and praise and thanksgiving!
Rocky steep or flowery mead,
One the Shepherd that doth lead;
One the hope within us born,
One the joy of Easter morn!
Day of hope and prophecy,
Feast of Immortality!