Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THERE IS A MAN ON THE CROSS, by ELIZABETH CHENEY (1859-) 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 | ||||||||
Whenever there is silence around me By day or by night I am startled by a cry. It came down from the cross The first time I heard it. I went out and searched And found a man in the throes of crucifixion, And I said, "I will take you down," And I tried to take the nails out of his feet. But he said, "Let them be For I cannot be taken down Until every man, every woman, and every childCome together to take me down." And I said, "But I cannot hear you cry. What can I do?" And he said, "Go about the world Tell everyone that you meet There is a man on the cross." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MYSTIC BOUNCE by TERRANCE HAYES MATHEMATICS CONSIDERED AS A VICE by ANTHONY HECHT UNHOLY SONNET 11 by MARK JARMAN SHINE, PERISHING REPUBLIC by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE COMING OF THE PLAGUE by WELDON KEES A LITHUANIAN ELEGY by ROBERT KELLY |
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