Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, GOOD-FRIDAY, by MARIA JAMES


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GOOD-FRIDAY, by                    
First Line: The scene is fresh before us
Last Line: Who came the lost to save.
Subject(s): Good Friday; Holidays; Holy Week


THE scene is fresh before us,
When Jesus drain'd the cup,
As new the day comes o'er us,
When He was offer'd up:

The veil in sunder rending,
The types and shadows flee,
While heaven and earth are bending
Their gaze on Calvary.

Should mortal dare in numbers,
Where angels trembling stand?
Or wake the harp that slumbers
In flaming seraph's hand?

Then tell the wond'rous story
Where rolls salvation's wave,
And give him all the glory,
Who came the lost to save.





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