They warned Our Lady for the Child That was Our blessed Lord, And She took Him into the desert wild, Over the camel's ford. And a long song She sang to Him And a short story told: And She wrapped Him in a woolen cloak To keep Him from the cold. But when Our Lord was grown a man, The Rich they dragged Him down, And they crucified Him in Golgotha, Out and beyond the Town. They crucified Him on Calvary, Upon an April day; And because He had been Her little Son, She followed Him all the way. Our Lady stood beside the Cross, A little space apart, And when She heard Our Lord cry out, A sword went through Her heart. They laid Our Lord in a marble tomb, Dead, in a winding sheet, But Our Lady stands above the world With the white Moon at Her feet. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE DOLL BELIEVERS by CLARENCE MAJOR AGAINST HOPE by ABRAHAM COWLEY A STRANGE MEETING by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES THE LOVER'S MESSAGE; SONG by JOHN DRYDEN AN ENGLISH MOTHER by ROBERT UNDERWOOD JOHNSON AN HYMN IN HONOUR OF BEAUTY by EDMUND SPENSER MANASSAS [JULY 21, 1861] by CATHERINE ANNE WARFIELD |