“The Dawning” by George Herbert
Herbert lets the title of the poem lead in two different directions—to point both to the time of the Resurrection and to the mourner’s dawning realization of the significance of Christ’s rising.
Herbert lets the title of the poem lead in two different directions—to point both to the time of the Resurrection and to the mourner’s dawning realization of the significance of Christ’s rising.
’Tis the spring of souls today: Christ has burst His prison And from three days’ sleep in death As a sun has risen