Wednesday, March 30, 2016

Wednesday Words - Now the Green Blade Riseth


Now the green blade riseth from the buried grain,
Wheat that in the dark earth many days has lain;
Love lives again, that with the dead has been:
Love is come again, like wheat that springeth green.

In the grave they laid him, Love whom men had slain,
Thinking that never he would wake again,
Laid in the earth like grain that sleeps unseen:
Love is come again, like wheat that springeth green.

Forth he came at Easter, like the risen grain,
He that for three days in the grave had lain,
Quick from the dead my risen Lord is seen,
Love is come again, like wheat that springeth green.

When our hearts are wintry, grieving, or in pain,
Thy touch can call us back to life again,
Fields of our hearts, that dead and bare have been:
Love is come again, like wheat that springeth green.

"Easter Hymn 2" by N. T. Wright, © Copyright by N. T. Wright, from the Easter Oratorio, libretto by N. T. Wright with music by Paul Spicer.

2 comments:

  1. Thanks for sharing Dave!

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  2. Beautiful! I will be printing this and sharing it with a family friend who, just two weeks ago, lost her husband of 40+ years to cancer. I pray that the Lord will comfort her grieving heart through these words.

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