Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE KEY, by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY


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THE KEY, by                    
First Line: The cross of calvary
Last Line: Of life reborn of death.
Alternate Author Name(s): Oxenham, John
Subject(s): Future Life; Jesus Christ; Religion; Retribution; Eternity; After Life; Theology


The Cross of Calvary
Was verily the Key
By which our Brother Christ
Unlocked the Door
Of Immortality
To you and me;
And, passing through himself before,
He set it wide
Forevermore,
That we, by His grace justified,
And by His great love fortified,
Might enter in all fearlessly,
And dwell forever by His side.
The Cross of Death
Became the Key of Life;
So now--this purge of fiery wrath,
This woeful fratricidal strife,
May leave along the Reaper's path
A sweet and precious aftermath
Of Hope, born of a newborn Faith,
Of Life reborn of Death.





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