Poetry Explorer

Classic and Contemporary Poetry

THE VIGIL OF GOOD FRIDAY by JOHN BANISTER TABB

First Line: WHAT OF THE NIGHT? 'TIS DARK
Last Line: LOVE WEEPS FOR THEE.
Subject(s): GOOD FRIDAY; HOLIDAYS; HOLY WEEK;
What of the Night? 'Tis dark;
The fatal word
Awakes the warning bird;
For hark
(O Christ, is Faith forgot?)
"@3I know Him not!@1"

What of the night? 'Tis cold;
But throngs accurst
Deep-gorge their crimson thirst.
O Christ, again forsworn,
Is @3Hope@1 forlorn?

What of the night? 'Tis dead!
The darker day
Approaching, terror-gray
She fled.
O Christ! its perjury
@3Love@1 weeps for Thee.



Home: PoetryExplorer.net