{"id":144482,"date":"2026-04-08T08:44:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T12:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=144482"},"modified":"2026-04-08T17:53:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T21:53:15","slug":"gerard-manley-hopkins-for-easter-gather-gladness-from-the-skies-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=144482","title":{"rendered":"Gerard Manley Hopkins for Easter\u2013Gather gladness from the skies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Gather gladness from the skies;<br>Take a lesson from the ground;<br>Flowers do ope their heavenward eyes<br>And a Spring-time joy have found;<br>Earth throws Winter\u2019s robes away,<br>Decks herself for Easter Day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Beauty now for ashes wear,<br>Perfumes for the garb of woe.<br>Chaplets for disheveled hair,<br>Dances for sad footsteps slow;<br>Open wide your hearts that they<br>Let in joy this Easter Day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Seek God\u2019s house in happy throng;<br>Crowded let His table be;<br>Mingle praises, prayer and song,<br>Singing to the Trinity.<br>Henceforth let your souls alway<br>Make each morn an Easter Day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/aclerkofoxford.blogspot.com\/2011\/04\/gather-gladness-from-skies.html\">Read it all<\/a>.<\/p><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"fr\" dir=\"ltr\">Happy Easter \u2014 from Montr\u00e9al! &#x1f423;<br><br>&#x1f4f7; Sara Megan <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/montreal?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#montreal<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/easter2026?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#easter2026<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nKcZ4CXfQX\">pic.twitter.com\/nKcZ4CXfQX<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Montr\u00e9al (@Montreal) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Montreal\/status\/2040776468465348785?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 5, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gather gladness from the skies;Take a lesson from the ground;Flowers do ope their heavenward eyesAnd a Spring-time joy have found;Earth throws Winter\u2019s robes away,Decks herself for Easter Day. Beauty now for ashes wear,Perfumes for the garb of woe.Chaplets for disheveled<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=144482\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":794,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571,113],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-144482","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-easter","category-poetry-literature"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144482","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/794"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=144482"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144482\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":144484,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144482\/revisions\/144484"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=144482"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=144482"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=144482"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}