The Greatest Day that ever dawned, -- It was a Winter's Morn. The Finest Temple ever built Was a Shed where a Babe was born. The Sweetest Robes by woman wrought Were the Swaths by the Baby worn. And the Fairest Hair the world has seen, -- Those Locks that were never shorn. The Noblest Crown man ever wore, -- It was the Plaited Thorn. The Grandest Death man ever died, -- It was the Death of Scorn. The Sorest Grief by woman known Was the Mother-Maid's forlorn. The Deepest Sorrows e'er endured Were by The Outcast borne. The Truest Heart the world e'er broke Was the Heart by man's sins torn. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...DOMESDAY BOOK: AT NICE by EDGAR LEE MASTERS THE DARK HOUSE by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON THE COUNTESS CATHLEEN by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS TO COLE, THE PAINTER, DEPARTING FOR EUROPE by WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT ARNOLD [VON] WINKELRIED by JAMES MONTGOMERY PRAYER FOR THIS HOUSE by LOUIS UNTERMEYER MAPLE LEAVES by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH |