ON EASTER DAY

My waking eyes
Behold new skies
With Easter's dawning glory bright.
Since Thou didst rise
New meaning lies
In morning's young, transforming light.
For Thou art the dawn of the world, dear Lord,
Our Christ of the breaking day.
Death was the night
And Thou, the first light
That showed where God's pathway lay;
Sin was the dark
And Thou, the first spark
That rolled the late shadows away.
Thou art the dawn of the world, dear Lord,
Our Christ of the coming day.