Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900.

By Louise ChandlerMoulton

629 Love’s Resurrection Day

ROUND among the quiet graves,

When the sun was low,

Love went grieving,—Love who saves:

Did the sleepers know?

At his touch the flowers awoke,

At his tender call

Birds into sweet singing broke,

And it did befall

From the blooming, bursting sod

All Love’s dead arose,

And went flying up to God

By a way Love knows.