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Mar 31, 2024 • 11 tweets • 5 min read • Read on X
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Happy Easter!

Here are eight Easter-themed poems you need to read today: Resurrection, by Luca Giordano, after 1665
8. Easter Wings by Geoge Herbert

       𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘦
   𝘓𝘦𝘵 𝘮𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘣𝘪𝘯𝘦,
𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘺 𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦...
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7. On Easter Day by Oscar Wilde

...𝘍𝘰𝘹𝘦𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘣𝘪𝘳𝘥 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘵,
𝘐, 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘐, 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘭𝘺,
𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘳𝘶𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘔𝘺 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘵, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘭𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘳s. Image
6. Easter by Gerard Manley Hopkins

𝘉𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘹 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘥;
𝘚𝘵𝘰𝘱 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘴𝘵...
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5. Sonnet 68: Easter by Edmund Spenser

   𝘚𝘰 𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘶𝘴 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦, 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘓𝘰𝘷𝘦, 𝘭𝘺𝘬𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵,
   —𝘓𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘰𝘳𝘥 𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵.
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4. from Easter by George Herbert

𝘐 𝘨𝘰𝘵 𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘺;
𝘐 𝘨𝘰𝘵 𝘮𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘴 𝘰𝘧𝘧 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘢 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘦... Image
3. Easter Hymn by A.E. Housman

𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘨𝘢𝘷𝘦,
𝘉𝘰𝘸 𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘢𝘷𝘦. Image
3. Easter Communion by Gerard Manley Hopkins

Yes, this is a Gerard Manley Hopkins-heavy list. Sorry, not sorry.

𝘗𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘥𝘳𝘢𝘸 𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘵... Image
2. A Better Resurrection by Christina Rossetti

𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘯𝘰 𝘸𝘪𝘵, 𝘯𝘰 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘴, 𝘯𝘰 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴;
𝘔𝘺 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘦...
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1. from The Wreck of the Deutschland by Gerard Manley Hopkins

𝘓𝘦𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘶𝘴, 𝘣𝘦 𝘢 𝘥𝘢𝘺𝘴𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘮𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘶𝘴...
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