Christina G. Rossetti for Easter–‘Speech is left speechless;— Set you to singing’

Words cannot utter

Christ His returning:—

Mankind, keep Jubilee,

Strip off your mourning,

Crown you with garlands,

Set your lamps burning.

Speech is left speechless;—

Set you to singing,

Fling your hearts open wide,

Set your bells ringing:

Christ the Chief Reaper

Comes, His sheaf bringing…

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Today the Church of England commemorates Christina Rossetti, Poet, 1894

Portrait by Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1866), Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons pic.twitter.com/ChZItuUGM3

— The Anglican Church in St Petersburg (@anglicanspb) April 27, 2024