A gleam of light! and lo!
In gold and white the Easter lilies glow,
And give their fragrance to the gracious hour
Of Easter dawn,
Of resurrection power;
And radiant, o'er the troubled mortal dream,
Shines in the wondrous glory
Of our God, Supreme!
O mother-love! so true!
So dear. His witness thou to life anew,
And to the human need in every land,
A better hope.
And paeans sweet and grand,
With higher, holier praise accord
The omnipresent Life, the beauty
Of a Risen Lord!
