Show EASTER it is easter the gladness of easter is round met me I 1 lit is easter the sweetness of easter has found mel me I 1 the newly leaved boughs of the trees are arc low swinging the birds have come back to their homes and are singing the blossoms I 1 missed have come back to the meadow every last cloud has gone and gone with it its shadow I 1 and each grief that was crowding about me and shoving Is gone for my loves shall come back to my loving i it is easter the lilies of easter are swaying and the babies their tresses all windblown are play playing ingi and their wee fingers fashion me garlands of clover clever it is easter easter I 1 grieved but my grieving in g is is overl over for the ones whom I 1 loved and who left me back yonder have grown nearer with easter grown n nearer and fonder and when the breeze touches the tree boughs low swinging I 1 almost feel their loving I 1 almost hear their singing and so all the gladness of aas easter ter is round me its gladness its love and its peace have all found me to the ones whom I 1 grieved for my arms are now nearer they were far and apart now nearer and dearell and each easter that comes brings me near to the going I 1 will find them and love them I 1 know they are kno knowing I 1 count up the easters asters until I 1 have found them with my lips on their hair and my arms tight around them judd mortimer lewis |