Mary
by Margaret E. Sangster
She walked among the lilies
Upstanding straight and tall,
Their silver tapers bright against
The dusky wall;
Gray olives dropped upon her
Their crystal globes of dew.
The while the doors of heaven grew wide
To let the Easter through.
All heaven was rose and golden.
The clouds were reft apart,
Earth's holiest dawn in dazzling white
Came forth from heaven's own heart;
And never, since on Eden
Creation's glory lay,
Had ever garden of the Lord
Beheld so fair a day.
Her eyes were blurred with weeping.
Her trailing steps were slow;
The cross she bore within her
Transfixed her soul with woe.
One only goal before her
Loomed through her spirit's gloom,
As in the early morning
She sought the guarded tomb.
But down the lilied pathway
A kingly presence came,
A seamless garment clothed Him,
His face was clear as flame,
And in His hands were nailprints,
And on His brow were scars.
But in His eyes a light of love
Beyond the light of stars.
For tears she could not see Him,
As o'er the path He came.
Till, like remembered music.
He called her by her name ;
Then swift her soul to answer,
The Lord of life she knew,
Her breast unbarred its prison gates
To let the Easter through.
Such light of revelation
As bathed her being then,
It comes anew wherever Christ
Is known indeed of men;
Such glory on the pathway,
It falls again on all
Who hear the King in blessing,
And hasten at His call.
Rise, King of grace and glory.
This hallowed Easter-tide,
Nor from Thy ransomed people
Let even death divide;
For yet again doth heaven
Throw all its gates apart.
And send the sacred Easter
Straight from its glowing heart.
A Primrose Paper Border.
Download and print out the pattern below. The dotted lines
indicate where the image will be folded to continue the primrose silhouette
seamlessly after it is unfolded. The number of images "linked" together
in one continuous chain is determined by the length of the paper being
cut. Use a very thin paper to make your cutting easier. Cut away the
areas indicated by the design. (see image above and read text on the
pattern below. This paper-cut may be used as a border around an Easter
bulletin board in a classroom or as a paper chain for a shelf if you like.
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| Primrose paper cut pattern. |
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