Emerald Story Book

<h3><SPAN name="JONQUILS">JONQUILS</SPAN></h3> <p class="center"><span class="smcap">Margaret Deland</span></p> <div class="poetry-container"> <div class="poetry"> <div class="stanza"> <div class="verse indent0">Blow golden trumpets, sweet and clear,</div> <div class="verse indent2">Blow soft upon the perfumed air:</div> <div class="verse indent0">Bid the sad earth to join your song,</div> <div class="verse indent2">“To Christ does victory belong!”</div> </div> <div class="stanza"> <div class="verse indent0">Oh, let the winds your message bear</div> <div class="verse indent2">To every heart of grief and care:</div> <div class="verse indent0">Sound through the world the joyful lay,</div> <div class="verse indent2">“Our Christ has conquered Death to-day.”</div> </div> <div class="stanza"> <div class="verse indent0">On cloudy wings let glad words fly</div> <div class="verse indent2">Through the soft blue of echoing sky:</div> <div class="verse indent0">Ring out,—O trumpets, sweet and clear,</div> <div class="verse indent2">“Through Death, immortal Life is here!”</div> </div> </div></div> <hr class="chap" /> <!--chapter--> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN id="Page_330"></SPAN>[330]</span></p> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />