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Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Searching... Subject: JESUS CHRIST - SUFFERING & SACRIFICE Matches Found: 47 UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` A NEW DAY, by MABEL HAMMER Poem Text First Line: I thank thee, lord, for this new day Last Line: To save the world and set it free. Subject(s): Holidays; Jesus Christ - Suffering & Sacrifice; Thanksgiving A TRUE LENT, by ROBERT HERRICK Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Is this a fast, to keep Last Line: And that's to keep thy lent. Variant Title(s): To Keep A True Lent Subject(s): Jesus Christ - Suffering & Sacrifice; Lent; Religion; Theology ATONEMENT, by MARIE LE NART Poem Text First Line: Atonement? Lord, who doth atone today? Last Line: Forgive us—we know not what we do! Subject(s): Gethsemane; Jesus Christ - Suffering & Sacrifice BALLAD OF THE GOODLY FERE, by EZRA POUND Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Ha' we lost the goodliest fere o' all Last Line: Sin' they nailed him to the tree. Subject(s): Apostles; Bible; Jesus Christ - Suffering & Sacrifice; Poetry & Poets; Religion; Disciples, Twelve; Theology BELOVED THORN, by CHESTER ANDERS FEE Poem Text First Line: Thorn of silvery dew Last Line: I hear again the christ in agony. Subject(s): Jesus Christ - Suffering & Sacrifice; Thorns BETRAYAL, by HESTER H. CHOLMONDELEY Poem Text First Line: Still, as of old Last Line: Himself, not christ. Subject(s): Jesus Christ - Suffering & Sacrifice; Religion; Theology BRIER; GOOD FRIDAY, by EMILY PAULINE JOHNSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Because, dear christ, your tender, wounded arm Last Line: The crown of thorns upon your bleeding brow Alternate Author Name(s): Tekahionwake Subject(s): Catholics; Humanity; Jesus Christ - Suffering & Sacrifice; Selfishness; Roman Catholics; Catholicism CALVARY, by WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: If he could doubt on his triumphant cross Last Line: My god, my god! Why hast thou forsaken me? Alternate Author Name(s): Howells, W. D. Subject(s): Calvary; Jesus Christ - Suffering & Sacrifice CALVARY, by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Friendless and faint, with martyred steps and slow Last Line: Are we to keep christ writhing on the cross! Subject(s): Calvary; Crucifixion; Jesus Christ - Suffering & Sacrifice; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion CHRISTS SUFFERING, by ROBERT HERRICK Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Justly our dearest saviour may abhorre us Last Line: Who hath more suffer'd by us farre, then for us. Subject(s): Jesus Christ - Suffering & Sacrifice CONTEMPORARY, by SARA BARD FIELD Poem Text First Line: Then to emmaus with him I, too, walked Last Line: It threw a cross of shadow on the room. Alternate Author Name(s): Wood, Charles Erskine Scoot, Mrs. Subject(s): Jesus Christ - Suffering & Sacrifice CRUCIFIXUS PRO NOBIS: 3. CHRIST IN HIS PASSION, by PATRICK CAREY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: What bruises do I see Last Line: Sigh out a groan, weep down a melting tear. Subject(s): Jesus Christ - Suffering & Sacrifice DEBTS, by ADA NEILL CLARK Poem Text First Line: I'll never be able to pay Last Line: Who died on the tree. Subject(s): Debt; Jesus Christ - Suffering & Sacrifice DELIVER US FROM ..., by AMELIA JOSEPHINE BURR Poem Text First Line: Is there no greater good than health and ease? Last Line: Where stands unchanging a forgotten cross! Subject(s): Jesus Christ - Suffering & Sacrifice; Prayer FOR ME, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: Under an eastern sky Last Line: To thee Subject(s): Jesus Christ - Suffering & Sacrifice FOR THE MASTER'S SAKE, by MINNIE MASON BEEBE Poem Text First Line: I sat in the gathering twilight Last Line: That we lived for the master's sake. Subject(s): Crucifixion; Jesus Christ - Suffering & Sacrifice; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion GOLGOTHA'S CROSS, by RAYMOND JOSEPH KRESENSKY Poem Text 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 GOOD FRIDAY (1), by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Am I a stone, and not a sheep Last Line: And smite a rock. Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina Subject(s): Good Friday; Holidays; Holy Week; Jesus Christ; Jesus Christ - Suffering & Sacrifice GRAVES, by HAYDEN CARRUTH Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Both of us had been close Last Line: All the time. ... Subject(s): Cemeteries; Death; God; Graves; Jesus Christ - Suffering & Sacrifice; Religion; Graveyards; Dead, The; Tombs; Tombstones; Theology HIS SAVIOURS WORDS, GOING TO THE CROSSE, by ROBERT HERRICK Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Have, have ye no regard, all ye Last Line: Had he not drank them up for you. Subject(s): Christianity; Crucifixion; Jesus Christ - Suffering & Sacrifice; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion HYMN: GOOD FRIDAY, by REGINALD HEBER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Oh more than merciful! Whose bounty gave Last Line: Nor let thy glorious blood be spilt in vain. Subject(s): Good Friday; Holidays; Holy Week; Jesus Christ - Suffering & Sacrifice I FOLLOWED THEE, MY GOD, I FOLLOWED THEE, by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Last Line: Me also bear thy cross Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina Subject(s): Jesus Christ - Suffering & Sacrifice; Crucifixion; Worship I SHALL KNOW WHY, WHEN TIME IS OVER, by EMILY DICKINSON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Last Line: That scalds me now – that scalds me now! Subject(s): Jesus Christ - Suffering & Sacrifice; Peter, Saint (c. 64 A.d.) MEDITATIONS FOR EVERY DAY IN PASSION WEEK: FRIDAY, by JOHN BYROM Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: With hearts deep rooted in love's holy ground Last Line: To god's good pleasure, with a christ-like mind. Subject(s): Bible; Christianity; Jesus Christ - Suffering & Sacrifice; Religion; Salvation; Theology MEDITATIONS FOR EVERY DAY IN PASSION WEEK: TUESDAY, by JOHN BYROM Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The saviour died, according to our faith Last Line: Pain is its cure, and it exists no more. Subject(s): Bible; Christianity; Faith; Healing; Jesus Christ - Suffering & Sacrifice; Religion; Salvation; Belief; Creed; Cures; Theology MEN FOLLOW SIMON, by RAYMOND JOSEPH KRESENSKY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: They spat in his face and hewed him a cross Last Line: O master, master—into the sun! Subject(s): Jesus Christ - Suffering & Sacrifice NOTRE DAME DE ROUEN, by WILLIAM ALLEN BUTLER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Here, as the vesper chant Last Line: Victor and king! Subject(s): Churches; Jesus Christ - Suffering & Sacrifice; Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris; Religion; Cathedrals; Theology ONWARD, CHRISTIAN SOLDIER, by FLOYD HARDIN Poem Text First Line: Help me, o christ, to hold thy sacred cross Last Line: (his head appears!—thank god!—I've popped my man!) Subject(s): Christianity; Jesus Christ - Suffering & Sacrifice; Murder; Social Protest; Soldiers; Soldiers' Writings; War QUATRAIN, by CHARLES GRANGER BLANDEN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Delve not so deep Last Line: Against a star, and climb eternally. Subject(s): Jesus Christ - Suffering & Sacrifice SONG, by CHARLES GRANGER BLANDEN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: What trees were in gethsemane Last Line: In gardens, late at night. Subject(s): Jesus Christ - Suffering & Sacrifice SONG, by CHARLES GRANGER BLANDEN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: What have the years left us? Last Line: Sorry we came. Subject(s): Jesus Christ - Suffering & Sacrifice SONG, by CHARLES GRANGER BLANDEN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Life, in one semester Last Line: Which face is all your own? Subject(s): Jesus Christ - Suffering & Sacrifice STEP OVER THE LINE, by OLIVER MURRAY EDWARDS Poem Text First Line: Heaven's morning is breaking, step out in the light Last Line: "then hear his words spoken, ""good servant, well done." Subject(s): Jesus Christ - Suffering & Sacrifice; Religion; Salvation; Theology SUFFERED UNDER PONTIUS PILATE, WAS CRUCIFIED, DEAD, AND BURIED, by CECIL FRANCES ALEXANDER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: There is a green hill far away Last Line: Of heaven and let us in. Alternate Author Name(s): Humprheys, Cecil Frances; Alexander, C. F., Mrs. Subject(s): Crucifixion; Jesus Christ - Suffering & Sacrifice; Religion; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion; Theology THE BURNING-GLASS, by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: No map shows my jerusalem Alternate Author Name(s): Ramal, Walter; De La Mare, Walter Subject(s): Jesus Christ - Suffering & Sacrifice THE FALCON, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: "lully, lulley; lully, lulley / the falcon [faucon] hath borne my mate away" Last Line: "and by that beddes side ther stondeth a ston, / corpus christi wretyn ther on" Variant Title(s): The Corpus Christi Carol;the Falcon Hath Borne My Mate Away Subject(s): Jesus Christ - Suffering & Sacrifice THE MEANING OF THE LOOK, by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I think that look of christ might seem to say Last Line: Because I know this man, let him be clear.' Subject(s): Jesus Christ - Suffering & Sacrifice; Peter, Saint (c. 64 A.d.); Religion; Theology THE NINTH HOUR, by CAROLINE HAZARD Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: After the shameful trial in the hall Last Line: Said, truly this man was the son of god. Subject(s): Clergy; Crucifixion; Jesus Christ - Suffering & Sacrifice; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion THE PASSION FLOWER, by CHARLES GRANGER BLANDEN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Thou lowly, meek and lovely flower Last Line: Even as the flower of calvary! Subject(s): Jesus Christ - Suffering & Sacrifice THE PRECIOUS BLOOD OF JESUS, by FRANCES RIDLEY HAVERGAL Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Precious, precious blood of jesus Last Line: Praise and laud! Subject(s): Jesus Christ - Suffering & Sacrifice THE SACRIFICIAL LAMB WAS HE, by OLIVER MURRAY EDWARDS Poem Text First Line: Christ lived, and died, and rose that we Last Line: Who died that day for you and me. Subject(s): Crucifixion; Jesus Christ - Suffering & Sacrifice; Religion; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion; Theology THE WANDERING JEW, by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY Poem Text First Line: Go quicker, jesus!' Last Line: Lives on and on and makes for hell or heaven. Alternate Author Name(s): Oxenham, John Subject(s): Jesus Christ - Suffering & Sacrifice; Religion; Theology THERE IS A MAN ON THE CROSS, by ELIZABETH CHENEY (1859-) Poem Text First Line: Whenever there is silence around me Last Line: "there is a man on the cross." Subject(s): Crucifixion; Jesus Christ - Suffering & Sacrifice; Religion; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion; Theology UNCONQUERED, by ROSE GOULD CLARK Poem Text First Line: I did not know if stalwart courage you possessed Last Line: Your soul, in victory, sounds faith's triumphant note. Subject(s): Courage; Jesus Christ; Jesus Christ - Suffering & Sacrifice; Valor; Bravery VERSES ON TEXTS: OUR SUBSTITUTE, ISA. 53, 6, by FRANCES RIDLEY HAVERGAL Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: On thee the lord Last Line: That it might never fall on me. Subject(s): Jesus Christ - Suffering & Sacrifice WHAT IF, by GERTRUDE B. GUNDERSON Poem Text First Line: What if we carved truth in the graveyards? Last Line: There was one who did—he died on the cross. Subject(s): Jesus Christ - Suffering & Sacrifice YE DID IT UNTO ME, by PHOEBE CARY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Sinner, careless, proud, and cold Last Line: Of his awful sacrifice! Subject(s): Jesus Christ - Suffering & Sacrifice |
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