Easter

By George Herbert

1593-1632


I GOT me flowers to straw Thy way,
         I got me boughs off many a tree;
But Thou wast up by break of day,
         And brought'st Thy sweets along with Thee.

Yet though my flowers be lost, they say
         A heart can never come too late;
Teach it to sing Thy praise this day,
         And then this day my life shall date.

DayPoems Poem No. 282
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