"Arise!" cried forth a mighty Voice, "all ye
That sleep." O earthborn Lily, who told thee
To come forth with the living, from the dead?
The little Lily answered, "The great Head
And Heart of Nature, God Himself, called me.
"He said, 'The Christ is risen!' and tenderly
My earthy cerements loosing, He bade me
Too— following in the way where Christ hath led—
"Arise!"
Trust thou this promised Immortality,
O troubled, doubting heart! Fear not that He
Who wakes the lowly Lily from her bed,
Whose own hands loose the graveclothes from her head,
Will Easter Day forget to say to thee,
" Arise!"
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