O Aspen, why shiver thus in affright? Have your leaves from eternal penance no rest? Did you bide so long on some eerie quest That a terrified, uninvited guest On earth you seem? Does memory dream Of the houris whose eyes were jewels of light? Do you tremble in fear or in hidden delight? O Aspen, why shiver thus in affright? O mortal, speak never lightly of me; I stood on Calvary's hillside when @3He@1 was pierced in the side by the Roman men, And the high priests scoffed beneath. Since then That cruel jeer Forever I hear; Forever His crimson blood I see; Forever no peace to my heart can be; O brother, speak never lightly of me. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE UNCERTAINTY PRINCIPLE by JAMES GALVIN THE CENTER OF GRAVITY by DAVID IGNATOW THE JOBHOLDER by DAVID IGNATOW |