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Easter Sunday. FRIAR CUTHBERT preaching to the crowd from a pulpit in the open air. PRINCE HENRY and Elsie crossing the square.
PRINCE HENRY. / This is the day, when from the dead / Our Lord arose; and everywhere, / Out of their darkness and despair, / Triumphant over fears and foes, / The hearts of his disciples rose, / When to the women, standing near, / The Angel in shining vesture said, / "The Lord is risen; he is not here! " / And, mindful that the day is come, / On all the hearths in Christendom / The fires are quenched, to be again / Rekindled from the sun, that high / Is dancing in the cloudless sky. / The churches are all decked with flowers, / The salutations among men / Are but the Angel's words divine, / "Christ is arisen! " and the bells / Catch the glad murmur, as it swells, / And chant together in their towers. / All hearts are glad; and free from care / The faces of the people shine. / See what a crowd is in the square, / Gayly and gallantly arrayed!