Versos English A. Cleveland Coxe To a Lady, LXXXIII

English poem

To a Lady, LXXXIII

by (1818–1896)

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And up the butterfly is springing From out the shroud, that lately wound him; And off on gentle zephyrs winging, How spurneth he the clod that bound him. So our Lord did break his prison, So he wafted to the skies; So my soul, thou too hast risen! So the dead in Christ shall rise.