Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE KEY, by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY First Line: The cross of calvary Last Line: Of life reborn of death. Alternate Author Name(s): Oxenham, John Subject(s): Future Life; Jesus Christ; Religion; Retribution; Eternity; After Life; Theology | ||||||||
The Cross of Calvary Was verily the Key By which our Brother Christ Unlocked the Door Of Immortality To you and me; And, passing through himself before, He set it wide Forevermore, That we, by His grace justified, And by His great love fortified, Might enter in all fearlessly, And dwell forever by His side. The Cross of Death Became the Key of Life; So now--this purge of fiery wrath, This woeful fratricidal strife, May leave along the Reaper's path A sweet and precious aftermath Of Hope, born of a newborn Faith, Of Life reborn of Death. | 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 A NEW EARTH by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY |
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