Versos English Isabel Ecclestone Mackay Resurrection

English poem

Resurrection

by (1875–1928)

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I BURIED Joy; and early to the tomb I came to weep—so sorrowful was I Who had not dreamed that Joy, my Joy, could die.

I turned away, and by my side stood Joy All glorified—ah, so ashamed was I Who dared to dream that Joy, my Joy, could die!