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A LITTLE band of weeping women went
At early dawn to seek the sepulchre
Where Jesus had been laid. Sweet spices, myrrh
And precious ointments bringing, all intent
On loving service. And thus walking, they
Fell wondering who should roll the stone away;

When lo, they find the door is open wide —
But where is He who had been crucified ?
The grave-clothes folded lie, and in His stead
Two angels sit, with faces like the light,
And say, “ Why seek the quick among the dead?
He is not here, but risen, as He had said.

Then, while they trembling stood, still nea came
The loving Mary Magdalene, the same