GOOD FRIDAY is a heavenly day, So bright, so fair, so still. They slay the King of all the world On a high hill. The birds sing sweet and low, With a most quiet mirth. They scoop a hollow grave for Him, The holiest head on earth. Good Friday is a heavenly day, New lights on earth and sky; The day the Saviour of us all Went forth to die. Sweetly it rose and fell, So calm, so light, so grave. Christ Jesus, sacrificed for men, Died—and forgave. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...BLUEFLAGS by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS KU KLUX by MADISON JULIUS CAWEIN A SHROPSHIRE LAD: 15 by ALFRED EDWARD HOUSMAN THE DYING CHRISTIAN TO HIS SOUL by PUBLIUS AELIUS HADRIANUS THE SHEPHEARDES CALENDER: OCTOBER by EDMUND SPENSER THE JACOBITE ON TOWER HILL by GEORGE WALTER THORNBURY FOR THE INAUGURATION OF A PUBLIC SCHOOL, CAMDEN, NEW JERSEY by WALT WHITMAN |