Classic and Contemporary Poetry
GOLGOTHA'S CROSS, by RAYMOND JOSEPH KRESENSKY Poet's Biography First Line: What is the cross on golgotha to me Last Line: Golgotha's cross is the road to heaven. Subject(s): Jesus Christ - Suffering & Sacrifice | ||||||||
What is the cross on Golgotha to me But the brave young Jesus murdered there? Roman justice debased? Israel's Messiah lost? The tender lips agonized? The active mind bewildered? The feet, that walked fair Galilee, Pierced by nails? I have tried to speak The words those lips revealed. I have tried to think as He thought. I have taught my feet to walk Humbly as He walked. And God prepared me a cross. The arms reach out to gather in The cripples, the blind, the weak. The arms reach out to feed them, To give them to drink. In these hands the nails are driven. But the cross points upward. The arms fold me. The cross lifts me. Golgotha's cross is the road to heaven. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SUFFERED UNDER PONTIUS PILATE, WAS CRUCIFIED, DEAD, AND BURIED by CECIL FRANCES ALEXANDER THE MEANING OF THE LOOK by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING BETRAYAL by HESTER H. CHOLMONDELEY THE BURNING-GLASS by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE HIS SAVIOURS WORDS, GOING TO THE CROSSE by ROBERT HERRICK BALLAD OF THE GOODLY FERE by EZRA POUND CALVARY by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON GOOD FRIDAY (1) by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI DISCOVERY (2) by RAYMOND JOSEPH KRESENSKY ELEGY FOR A LITTLE GIRL BURNED BENEATH OAK TREES by RAYMOND JOSEPH KRESENSKY |
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