AN EASTER INCIDENT.
IN moonlight the world was sleeping,
As it slept on that night of old
When the wonderful angel descended
And the stone from the sepulchre rolled;
The vigil of Easter was ended,
The hour of midnight tolled.
As it slept on that night of old
When the wonderful angel descended
And the stone from the sepulchre rolled;
The vigil of Easter was ended,
The hour of midnight tolled.
In one of the countless chambers
Where slumber held its sway,
Dreaming perhaps of Easter
A tranquil sleeper lay,
When the whisper of wings beside her
Wafted her dreams away.
Where slumber held its sway,
Dreaming perhaps of Easter
A tranquil sleeper lay,
When the whisper of wings beside her
Wafted her dreams away.
Is it a bird? she wondered,
Lifting her startled head
As she heard the delicate flitting
Circle around her bed,
And anon against the casement
The sweep of those wings outspread.
Lifting her startled head
As she heard the delicate flitting
Circle around her bed,
And anon against the casement
The sweep of those wings outspread.
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