{"id":144512,"date":"2026-04-09T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=144512"},"modified":"2026-04-09T18:50:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T22:50:32","slug":"christina-rossetti-for-easter-speech-is-left-speechless-set-you-to-singing-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=144512","title":{"rendered":"Christina Rossetti for Easter\u2013\u2018Speech is left speechless;\u2014 Set you to singing\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Words cannot utter<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Christ His returning:\u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mankind, keep Jubilee,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Strip off your mourning,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Crown you with garlands,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Set your lamps burning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speech is left speechless;\u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Set you to singing,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fling your hearts open wide,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Set your bells ringing:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Christ the Chief Reaper<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Comes, His sheaf bringing\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bartleby.com\/lit-hub\/the-sacred-poets-of-the-nineteenth-century\/christina-g-rossetti-18301894-19\/\">Read it all<\/a>.<\/p><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is the day the LORD has made; <br><br>let us be glad and rejoice in it.<br><br>Psalm 118:24.<br><br>The Resurrection (1631-1632) by Anthony van Dyck <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MaJT4Hbk4u\">pic.twitter.com\/MaJT4Hbk4u<\/a><\/p>&mdash; SaintsandScripture (@Saint_of_theDay) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Saint_of_theDay\/status\/2041513703779291485?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 7, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Words cannot utter Christ His returning:\u2014 Mankind, keep Jubilee, Strip off your mourning, Crown you with garlands, Set your lamps burning. Speech is left speechless;\u2014 Set you to singing, Fling your hearts open wide, Set your bells ringing: Christ the<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=144512\">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-144512","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\/144512","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=144512"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144512\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":144514,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144512\/revisions\/144514"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=144512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=144512"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=144512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}