Through the sunset of hope,
Like the shapes of a dream,
What paradise islands of glory gleam!
Easter Quotes
The sources for this page are the faith, hope and spirituality pages, not a collection of Easter writing. A few entries do mention the day: Longfellow’s The Spanish Student (1843) sets a scene on a bright Easter Sunday with blossoming trees, and W. H. Auden, in A Certain World (1970), says Christmas and Easter can be subjects for poetry but Good Friday cannot, any more than Auschwitz.
Most of what else you find here is general. Expect devotional writers and poets, with sources and dates on every quote page. Anything flagged as disputed or misattributed carries a note that says what the editors turned up.
All ends in one eclipse,
Sunshine or snows,
We gain a grave, and afterwards—God knows.
But this main-miracle that thou art thou,
With power on thine own act and on the world.
If he were
To be made honest by an act of parliament
I should not alter in my faith of him.
Do not abandon yourselves to despair. We are the Easter people and hallelujah is our song.
We are slow to believe what if believed would hurt our feelings.
How sweet to have a common faith!
To hold a common scorn of death!