So after the sum of four and three
nights, the Saviour sends
the month of April, in which most often comes
the glorious season for the comfort of men,
the rising of the Lord. Then joy is fitting
far and wide, as the prophet sang:
‘This is the day which the Lord made
for us, the wise one, for the generations of men,
for all blessed earth-dwellers, with bliss.’
We cannot keep that season by tallying
the count of days, nor the Lord’s ascension
into the heavens, because it always changes,
by calculations of the wise; but the venerable in winters
shall find with skill the holy days
in the cycle. But we will count still
more memorials of martyrs,
press on with words, sing the subject:
that after nineteen nights plus five
after Eastermonth comes to us
the relics begin to be raised up,
holy ornaments; that is an exalted day,
glorious season of prayer.
The Old English name for April was Eastermonað, 'in which comes the glorious season for the comfort of men' https://t.co/zgQkf5lotN pic.twitter.com/GttD4h8cpg
— Eleanor Parker (@ClerkofOxford) April 1, 2017