460. Easter Week by Charles Kingsley
b'C Kingsley read by Classic Poetry Aloud:\\nhttp://www.classicpoetryaloud.com/\\n\\nGiving voice to the poetry of the past.\\n\\n---------------------------------------\\n\\nEaster Week\\nby Charles Kingsley (1819 \\u2013 1875)\\n\\nSee the land, her Easter keeping,\\nRises as her Maker rose.\\nSeeds, so long in darkness sleeping,\\nBurst at last from winter snows.\\nEarth with heaven above rejoices;\\nFields and gardens hail the spring;\\nShaughs and woodlands ring with voices,\\nWhile the wild birds build and sing.\\n\\nYou, to whom your Maker granted\\nPowers to those sweet birds unknown,\\nUse the craft by God implanted;\\nUse the reason not your own.\\nHere, while heaven and earth rejoices,\\nEach his Easter tribute bring-\\nWork of fingers, chant of voices,\\nLike the birds who build and sing.\\n\\n\\n\\nFirst aired: 22 March 2008\\n\\nFor hundreds more poetry readings, visit the Classic Poetry Aloud index.\\n\\nReading \\xa9 Classic Poetry Aloud 2009'