Easter Week by Charles Kingsley
b'Kingsley read by Classic Poetry Aloud:\\nhttp://www.classicpoetryaloud.com/\\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.'