From Calvary a cry was heard-- A bitter and heart-rending cry; My Saviour! every mournful word Bespeaks Thy soul's deep agony. A horror of great darkness fell On Thee, Thou spotless, holy One! And all the swarming hosts of hell Conspired to tempt God's only Son. The scourge, the thorns, the deep disgrace-- These Thou couldst bear, nor once repine; But when Jehovah veil'd His face, Unutterable pangs were Thine. Let the dumb world its silence break; Let pealing anthems rend the sky; Awake, my sluggish soul, awake! He died, that we might never die. Lord! on Thy cross I fix mine eye; If e'er I lose its strong control, O let that dying, piercing cry, Melt and reclaim my wand'ring soul. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THREE KINGS OF ORIENT by JOHN HENRY HOPKINS JR. POLLY by WILLIAM BRIGHTY RANDS SCUM O' THE EARTH' by ROBERT HAVEN SCHAUFFLER THE TRIUMPH OF LIFE by PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY RUSTIC CHILDHOOD by WILLIAM BARNES FRIENDSHIP'S BLACK AND WHITE by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT |