Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE CHURCHES, by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY


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THE CHURCHES, by                    
First Line: Two, in the darkness, sought the cross
Last Line: Christ's wounds broke in fresh agony.
Alternate Author Name(s): Oxenham, John
Subject(s): Religion; Theology


Two, in the darkness, sought the Cross,
But in their blindness found it not;
This way and that, in dole and loss,
They sought the Cross, but found it not.

"This way!" -- the one insistent cried;
"Nay, this!" -- the other quick replied;
And each the other's hope denied.

"I tell you, my way is the right!"
"Nay then, you stumbler in the night,
My way alone leads to the light!"

"Perverse! -- Go then your own wrong road!"
"I go! -- for my way leads to God."
And each his own way brusquely strode.

And up above, upon The Tree,
Christ's wounds broke in fresh agony.





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