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| William Baxter | The Resurrection (1869) |
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| T H E R E S U R R E C T I O N . |
| NIGHT'S sable pall was yet undrawn away; The guard still stood before the rocky tomb; Within, amid its solitude and gloom, All pale and lifeless, still the Savior lay. But as the hills were tipped with morning's gold, An angel from the bright abodes of light Down to the earth swift wings his eager flight, And by his hand the stone is backward rolled. The fearful soldiers fall in dire dismay; Life then springs up within the house of death, Pledge of our rising to immortal breath, And Jesus rises with the rising day. O grave! thy victories now all are o'er; He rose, and we shall rise, to die no more. |
[The Ladies' Repository 29 (August 1869): 142.]
ABOUT THE ELECTRONIC EDITION
William Baxter's "The Resurrection" was first published in The Ladies' Repository: A Monthly Periodical Devoted to Literature and Religion, Vol. 29, No. 8 (New Series, Vol. 4, No. 2), August 1869, p. 142. This volume, edited by I. W. Wiley, was published in Cincinnati by Hitchcock and Walden and in New York by Carlton and Lanahan.
Addenda and corrigenda are earnestly solicited.
Ernie Stefanik
Derry, PA
Created 19 April 2000.
Updated 28 June 2003.
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