Classic and Contemporary Poetry
GOOD FRIDAY (1), by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI 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 | ||||||||
Am I a stone and not a sheep That I can stand, O Christ, beneath Thy Cross, To number drop by drop Thy Blood's slow loss, And yet not weep? Not so those women loved Who with exceeding grief lamented Thee; Not so fallen Peter weeping bitterly; Not so the thief was moved; Not so the Sun and Moon Which hid their faces in starless sky, A horror of great darkness at broad noon, -- I, only I. Yet give not o'er, But seek Thy sheep, true Shepherd of the flock; Greater than Moses, turn and look once more And smite a rock. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SUFFERED UNDER PONTIUS PILATE, WAS CRUCIFIED, DEAD, AND BURIED by CECIL FRANCES ALEXANDER THE MEANING OF THE LOOK by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING BETRAYAL by HESTER H. CHOLMONDELEY THE BURNING-GLASS by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE HIS SAVIOURS WORDS, GOING TO THE CROSSE by ROBERT HERRICK BALLAD OF THE GOODLY FERE by EZRA POUND CALVARY by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON FOR THE MASTER'S SAKE by MINNIE MASON BEEBE IT IS FINISHED' by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI ITALIA, IO TI SALUTO!' by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI THE HEART KNOWETH ITS OWN BITTERNESS' (2) by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI |
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