Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE CHRIST, by RICHARD CHENEVIX TRENCH Poet's Biography First Line: He might have reared a palace at a word Last Line: For needs of others, never for its own! Subject(s): Jesus Christ; Religion; Theology | ||||||||
HE might have reared a palace at a word, Who sometimes had not where to lay His head. Time was when He who nourished crowds with bread, Would not one meal unto Himself afford. He healed another's scratch, His own side bled; Side, hands and feet with cruel piercings gored. Twelve legions girded with angelic sword Stood at His beck, the scorned, and buffeted. Oh, wonderful the wonders left undone! Yet not more wonderful than those He wrought! Oh, self-restraint, surpassing human thought! To have all power, yet be as having none! Oh, self-denying love, that thought alone For needs of others, never for its own! | 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 DIFFERENT MINDS by RICHARD CHENEVIX TRENCH |
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