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Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Searching... Subject: JESUS CHRIST - CRUCIFIXION Matches Found: 124 UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` A BOOK OF DREAMS, by GEORGE MACDONALD Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I lay and dreamed. The master came Last Line: And all but me asleep! Subject(s): Birds; Children; Churches; Crucifixion; Death; Desolation; Despair; Dreams; Fathers; Flowers; God; Hope; Lilies; Memory; Prodigal Son; Sleep; Swans; Youth; Childhood; Cathedrals; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion; Dead, The; Nightmares; Optimism A DREAM ABOUT THE ASPEN, by GEORGE MURRAY (1830-1910) Poem Text First Line: Oh! Know ye why the aspen leaves so tremulously / sigh Last Line: "that ""they who shut love out shall be in turn shut out from love." Subject(s): Aspen Trees; Crucifixion; Trees; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion A WAYSIDE CROSS, by LOUIS JONES MAGEE Poem Text First Line: The moving pictures of my flight Last Line: A wayside cross. Subject(s): Cross, The; Crucifixion; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion AD ASTRA: 105, by CHARLES WHITWORTH WYNNE Poem Text First Line: O breaking hearts! O smiles that fain would hide Last Line: If that far crown of thorns availeth naught? Alternate Author Name(s): Cayzer, Charles Subject(s): Crucifixion; Cruelty; Grief; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion; Sorrow; Sadness AN A.B.C. OF DEVOTION, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: Crosse of jesu christ be ever oure spede Last Line: As to thy crosse reverence we may have Subject(s): Crucifixion; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion APPENDIX TO 'LAZARUS': 1, by HEINRICH HEINE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Holy parables discarding Last Line: That is not an answer, surely? Subject(s): Crucifixion; Jesus Christ; Religion; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion; Theology AT ARLES, by GEORGE SANTAYANA Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I see thy likeness in all beauteous things Last Line: That made us wretched all, and thee divine. Subject(s): Crucifixion; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion AVE CRUX, SPES UNICA!, by EDWARD SHILLITO Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: More than two crosses stand on either side Last Line: "remember us, o king!" Subject(s): Cross, The; Crucifixion; Jesus Christ = Suffering & Sacrifice; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion BARGAIN, by LIZETTE WOODWORTH REESE Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: A rose will cost you more Last Line: This. Subject(s): Crucifixion; Flowers; Roses; Singing & Singers; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion BEFORE A CRUCIFIX, by ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Here, down between the dusty trees Last Line: Hide thyself, strive not, be no more. Subject(s): Crucifixion; Death; God; Jesus Christ; Trees; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion; Dead, The BESIDE THE CROSS, by LUCY LARCOM Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Jesus, in thy death I see Last Line: Be my life, and conquer death! Subject(s): Crucifixion; Faith; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion; Belief; Creed BLIND MAN'S CRIES, by EDOUARD JOACHIM CORBIERE Poem Text First Line: The murdered eye is not dead Last Line: I hear the horn's knell Alternate Author Name(s): Corbiere, Tristan Subject(s): Crucifixion; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion BUTTADEUS, by WILLIAM SAMUEL JOHNSON Poem Text First Line: I understand: that smoke-cloud is souchez Last Line: Where waits the peace of god. Subject(s): Crucifixion; God; War; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion CALVARY, by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Friendless and faint, with martyred steps and slow Last Line: Are we to keep christ writhing on the cross! Subject(s): Calvary; Crucifixion; Jesus Christ - Suffering & Sacrifice; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion CALVARY, by JOHN ROTHSCHILD Poem Text First Line: Acres of crosses - wooden crosses - bleak Last Line: Of folded arms in the menacing hour? Subject(s): Calvary; Crosses; Crucifixion; Death; Social Protest; Soldiers; War; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion; Dead, The CALVARY-TALK, by GORDON BOTTOMLEY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Three black crosses against the sky Last Line: Who thought their god was dead. Subject(s): Crucifixion; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion CAROL: NEW STYLE, by STEPHEN VINCENT BENET Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: If jesus christ should come again Last Line: On christmas day in the morning. Subject(s): Christmas; Christmas Carols; Crucifixion; Good Friday; Holidays; Holy Week; Jesus Christ; Nativity, The; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion CHRIST CRUCIFIED, by RICHARD CRASHAW Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Thy restless feet now cannot go Last Line: It gives tho' bound, tho' bound 'tis free! Subject(s): Crucifixion; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion CHRIST CRUCIFIED, by HENRY HART MILMAN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Ride on, ride on in majesty! Last Line: Then take, o god, thy power, and reign! Variant Title(s): Palm Sunday Subject(s): Crucifixion; Palm Sunday; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion CHRIST CRUCIFIED, by ALFRED NOYES Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Clear on the ghostly sky the sharp black cross Last Line: And holy women; this was magdalen. Subject(s): Crucifixion; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion CHRIST LOVE, by OLIVER MURRAY EDWARDS Poem Text First Line: Greater love hath no man than this Last Line: Christ died for his enemies, not his friends. Subject(s): Crucifixion; Death; Jesus Christ; Love; Religion; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion; Dead, The; Theology CHRISTS WORDS ON THE CROSSE, MY GOD, MY GOD, by ROBERT HERRICK Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Christ, when he hung the dreadful crosse upon Last Line: Had no one beame from gods sweet majestie. Subject(s): Crucifixion; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion COMMUNICANTS, by J. C. EVANS Poem Text First Line: I know some lowly, cringing clods Last Line: Hung high against the blue. Subject(s): Catholics; Crucifixion; Eucharist; Roman Catholics; Catholicism; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion; Communion CRUCIFIXION, by HAYDEN CARRUTH Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: You understand the colors on the hillside have faded Last Line: On the hillside, and after a while I nodded back to him Subject(s): Crucifixion; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion CRUCIFIXION, by FREDERICK GEORGE SCOTT Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Lord, must I bear the whole of it Last Line: "only the spear-point in a broken heart." Alternate Author Name(s): Scott, F. G. Subject(s): Crucifixion; Jesus Christ = Suffering & Sacrifice; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion CRUCIFIXION TO THE WORLD BY THE CROSS OF CHRIST, by ISAAC WATTS Poem Text Recitation Poet's Biography First Line: When I survey the wondrous cross / on which the prince of glory died Last Line: Demands my soul, my life, my all. Variant Title(s): The Cross;glorying In The Cross;the Wondrous Cross Subject(s): Christianity; Cross, The; Crucifixion; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion DE PROFUNDIS, by JOHN COWPER POWYS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: O savior of the world, who by Last Line: Save us and help us! Subject(s): Crucifixion; Jesus Christ; Mercy; Salvation; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion DIRE: 13. THE SAVIOR OF SOCIETY, by ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: O son of man, but of what man who knows? Last Line: December, 1869. Subject(s): Crucifixion; Death; Jesus Christ; Nations; Salvation; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion; Dead, The EASTER, by JOHN FREEMAN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Who is it risen?-spirit of earth Last Line: Spirit of heaven. Subject(s): Catholics; Crucifixion; Easter; Holidays; Jesus Christ; Resurrection, The; Roman Catholics; Catholicism; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion; The Resurrection EASTER CHORDS, by MARGARET ELIZABETH MUNSON SANGSTER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Christ the lord is risen to-day! Last Line: And earth and heaven together meet in ecstasies of glory. Alternate Author Name(s): Van Deth, Gerrit, Mrs. Subject(s): Crucifixion; Easter; Holidays; Jesus Christ = Suffering & Sacrifice; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion; The Resurrection ECCLESIASTICAL BALLADS: THE VETERAN OF HEAVEN, by FRANCIS THOMPSON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: O captain of the wars, whence won ye so great / scars? Last Line: "it is written ""king of kings, lord of lords.""'" Subject(s): Crucifixion; Macaulay, Thomas Babington, Baron; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion FLOWER OF QUINCE, by VIRGINIA TAYLOR MCCORMICK Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Three quince trees dance, a windy row Last Line: Jesus and two thieves. Subject(s): Crucifixion; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion FOR THE MASTER'S SAKE, by MINNIE MASON BEEBE Poem Text First Line: I sat in the gathering twilight Last Line: That we lived for the master's sake. Subject(s): Crucifixion; Jesus Christ - Suffering & Sacrifice; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion FRA ANGELICO, by ALFRED FRANCIS KREYMBORG Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Was this beata's grief in thought of christ upon the cross Last Line: That brought his body up to where -- it had to turn its head? Subject(s): Crucifixion; Grief; Jesus Christ; Soul; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion; Sorrow; Sadness GOOD FRIDAY: REX TRAGICUS, OR CHRIST GOING TO HIS CROSSE, by ROBERT HERRICK Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Put off thy robe of purple, then go on Last Line: That done, wee'l see thee sweetly buried. Subject(s): Crucifixion; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion GOOD FRYDAY, by JOSEPH BEAUMONT Poem Text First Line: But now ye sceen is chang'd, chang'd is ye day Last Line: Who turnes ye crosse into so sweet a thing. Subject(s): Crucifixion; Good Friday; Grief; Holidays; Holy Week; Pain; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion; Sorrow; Sadness; Suffering; Misery GOODFRYDAY (TO A BASE AND TWO TREBLES), by JOSEPH BEAUMONT Poem Text First Line: Weep & spare not / good eyes are not Last Line: Weep & spare not. Subject(s): Crucifixion; Good Friday; Holidays; Holy Week; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion HIS ANTHEM, TO CHRIST ON THE CROSSE, by ROBERT HERRICK Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: When I behold thee, almost slain Last Line: Which done, lord say, the rest is mine. Subject(s): Crucifixion; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion HIS CROSS, by MARGUERITE WILKINSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: He burned no fiery cross Last Line: As he went out to die! Subject(s): Crucifixion; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion HIS SAVIOURS WORDS, GOING TO THE CROSSE, by ROBERT HERRICK Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Have, have ye no regard, all ye Last Line: Had he not drank them up for you. Subject(s): Christianity; Crucifixion; Jesus Christ - Suffering & Sacrifice; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion HIS WORDS TO CHRIST, GOING TO THE CROSSE, by ROBERT HERRICK Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: When thou wast taken, lord, I oft have read Last Line: For me to flie, but now to follow thee. Subject(s): Crucifixion; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion HOLY SATURDAY, by JOHN BROOKS WHEELWRIGHT Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Am I, in truth, the judas who betrays? Last Line: Rise christ! Give these feet wings! My need is exigent. Subject(s): Betrayal; Crucifixion; Jesus Christ = Suffering & Sacrifice; Judah (bible); Jesus Christ - Crucifixion HOLY SONNET: 11, by JOHN DONNE Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Spit in my face you jews, and pierce my side Last Line: Hee might be weake enough to suffer woe. Variant Title(s): To E. Of D. With Six Holy Sonnets: 7 Subject(s): Crucifixion; Jews; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion; Judaism HOPE, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: He died! / and with him perished all that men hold dear Last Line: Rose when he rose Subject(s): "crucifixion;jesus Christ;resurrection, The;" Jesus Christ - Crucifixion HUNGER, by HERMAN FORD MARTIN Poem Text First Line: I have known hunger Last Line: But he is crucified. Subject(s): Crucifixion; Hunger; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion HYMN TO THE CROSS, by GIROLAMO SAVONAROLA Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Jesus, refuge of the weary Last Line: Be the cross, and crucified! Subject(s): Crucifixion; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion HYMN: NINETEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY, by REGINALD HEBER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Oh blest were the accents of early creation Last Line: In the hour of thy terrors, let mercy prevail! Subject(s): Crucifixion; God; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion INDIFFERENCE, by GEOFFREY ANKETELL STUDDERT-KENNEDY Poem Text Recitation Poet's Biography First Line: When jesus came to golgotha they hanged him on a tree Last Line: And jesus crouched against a wall and cried for calvary. Alternate Author Name(s): Willie, Woodbine Variant Title(s): The Crucifixion Subject(s): Apathy; Crucifixion; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion INERTIA, by ERIC PANKEY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Say, for instance the stark exposure and awkward pose of this Subject(s): Crucifixion; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion INVOCATION, by S. A. DETHALL Poem Text First Line: Christ with the crown of thorns Last Line: Send me your strength for a while. Subject(s): Crucifixion; Hate; Jesus Christ; Pain; Prayer; Social Protest; War; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion; Suffering; Misery JESUS' QUESTION, by CLYDE MCGEE Poem Text First Line: O blessed lord, thou christ of galilee Last Line: And be my answer, lord, the deed, the deed! Subject(s): Crucifixion; Faith; Jesus Christ; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion; Belief; Creed LE MAUVAIS LARRON (SUGGESTED BY WILLETTE'S PICTURE), by ROSAMUND MARRIOTT WATSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The moorland waste lay hushed in the dark of the second day Last Line: And his soul fled into the waste between a kiss and a sigh. Alternate Author Name(s): Tomson, Graham R. Subject(s): Crucifixion; Martyrs; Paintings And Painters; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion LENTEN THOUGHTS, by CLYDE MCGEE Poem Text First Line: Yet many were offended in him Last Line: Must jesus be crucified anew? Subject(s): Catholics; Crucifixion; Jesus Christ = Suffering & Sacrifice; Religion; Roman Catholics; Catholicism; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion; Theology LOVE, by JOSEPH BEAUMONT First Line: When love / had strove Subject(s): Crucifixion; Jesus Christ; Worship; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion LOVE, by JOSEPH BEAUMONT Poem Text First Line: Say what is love Subject(s): Crucifixion; Jesus Christ; Worship; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion MARY AT THE CROSS, by CLYDE MCGEE Poem Text First Line: And mary stood beside the cross! Her soul Last Line: And grant their dead shall not have died in vain! Subject(s): Bible; Crucifixion; Mary. Mother Of Jesus; Women - Bible; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion; Virgin Mary MATER DOLOROSA, by JOHN BANISTER TABB Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Again maternal autumn grieves Last Line: Who died upon a tree. Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb Subject(s): Autumn; Crucifixion; Seasons; Fall; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion MEDITATIONS FOR EVERY DAY IN PASSION WEEK: SATURDAY, by JOHN BYROM Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Jesus is crucified - the previous scene Last Line: Salvation is the life of christ in us. Subject(s): Bible; Crucifixion; Jesus Christ; Religion; Resurrection, The; Salvation; Supernatural; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion; Theology MISERERE: ECCE HOMO, by DAVID GASCOYNE Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Whose is this horrifying face Subject(s): Crucifixion; Jesus Christ; Racism; World War Ii; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry; Second World War MOTHERHOOD: 1, by CLYDE MCGEE Poem Text First Line: The angels sang above the bed Last Line: There mary wept most bitterly. Subject(s): Crucifixion; Jesus Christ; Mary. Mother Of Jesus; Mothers; Religion; Women - Bible; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion; Virgin Mary; Theology NOW GO'TH SUN UNDER WOOD, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: Nou goth sonne under wode Last Line: "me reweth, marye, thi sonne and the" Subject(s): Crucifixion; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion OBERAMMERGAU, 1890, by WILLIAM ALLEN BUTLER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: A trembling vow breathed in a night of fears Last Line: Show forth his passion till the saviour come. Subject(s): Crucifixion; Jesus Christ; Oberammergau Passion-play; Religion; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion; Theology ODE ON THE PASSION, by THOMAS WARTON THE ELDER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: In sable clad, urania come Last Line: And proud captivity an humbled captive led! Subject(s): Catholics; Christianity; Crucifixion; Death; Passion; Piety; Prayer; Sin; Roman Catholics; Catholicism; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion; Dead, The ON A DRAWING OF THE CRUCIFIXION STILL VISIBLE ON A DUNGEON WALL, by ROWLAND EYLES EGERTON-WARBURTON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Where, lake reflected, chillon's turrets shine Last Line: Hope pointed heavenward to his home above. Alternate Author Name(s): Egerton-warburton, R. E. Subject(s): Crucifixion; Drawing; Hope; Jesus Christ; Prisons & Prisoners; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion; Optimism; Convicts ON A PICTURE OF CHRIST BEARING THE CROSS; PAINTED BY VELASQUEZ, by FELICIA DOROTHEA HEMANS Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: By the dark stillness brooding in the sky Last Line: One living beam of dayspring from on high. Alternate Author Name(s): Browne, Felicia Dorothea Subject(s): Crucifixion; Paintings & Painters; Velazquez, Diego (1599-1660); Jesus Christ - Crucifixion ON A ROCOCO CRUCIFIX, by JOHN BROOKS WHEELWRIGHT Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Guarded by bursts of glory, golden rays Last Line: While god groaned in the dark night of his soul? Subject(s): Betrayal; Cavalry; Crucifixion; God; Jesus Christ = Suffering & Sacrifice; Judah (bible); Religion; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion; Theology ON BEARING THE CROSS, by JOHN BYROM Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Take up the cross which thou hast got Last Line: "this bitter crossthy will be done!" Subject(s): Cross, The; Crucifixion; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion ON THE SANCTISSIMUM: 2. CRUX MUNDI, by CHARLES WILLIAMS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Not thee, ourselves on thee for cross, o lord Last Line: But o what blossoming beauty in the dry! Subject(s): Crucifixion; Jesus Christ; Religion; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion; Theology ONLY A JEW, by DAVID BANKS SICKLES Poem Text First Line: Nobody cares, for he's only a jew Last Line: Cannot be blighted by passion or hate. Subject(s): Bible; Crucifixion; Jesus Christ; Jews; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion; Judaism PASTORAL, by KENNETH PATCHEN Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The dove walks with sticky feet Subject(s): Crucifixion; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion PAX VOBISCUM, by JOHN COWPER POWYS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Oh eyelids of the dying day Last Line: And her madness passed away. Subject(s): Crucifixion; Insanity; Night; Pain; Sleep; Soul; Sun; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion; Madness; Mental Illness; Bedtime; Suffering; Misery SACRIFICE, by JOSEPH CORSON MILLER Poem Text First Line: Sing not to me of earthly power Last Line: Christ's death upon the cross. Alternate Author Name(s): Miller, J. Corson Subject(s): Crucifixion; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion SATURDAY IN Y' HOLY WEEK, by JOSEPH BEAUMONT Poem Text First Line: The sabbath now / can a more ample title show Last Line: Till ye worlds generall crack shall set them ope. Subject(s): Crucifixion; Holy Week; Sabbath; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion; Sunday SEEN ON A WAR-SHRINE IN PENNSYLVANIA, by E. M. GREEVES-CARPENTER Poem Text First Line: Silent and unbetrayed, a carven rood Last Line: Whose crown of victory followed cross and thorns. Subject(s): Crucifixion; Death; Jesus Christ; Mothers & Sons; Pennsylvania; Shrines; Soldiers; War; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion; Dead, The SHEEP AND LAMBS, by KATHARINE TYNAN Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet's Biography First Line: All in the april evening Last Line: And thought on the lamb of god. Alternate Author Name(s): Hinkson, Katharine Tynan Subject(s): Children; Crucifixion; Lambs; Sheep; Childhood; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion SILVER NAILS, by CARL SANDBURG Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: A man was crucified. He came to the city a stranger Last Line: John silvernail on the statue. Subject(s): Crucifixion; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion SOMEWHERE, by J. C. COCHRANE Poem Text First Line: Somewhere there lies the dust Last Line: Through alchemy of deathless love? Subject(s): Crucifixion; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion SONG UPON THE BLEEDING CRUCIFIX, by RICHARD CRASHAW Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Jesu, no more, it is full tide Last Line: The well of living waters, lord, till now. Variant Title(s): On The Bleeding Crucified Lord;upon The Bleeding Crucifix. A Song;on The Bleeding Wounds Of Our Crucified Lord Subject(s): Crucifixion; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion SOUNDS OF THE RESURRECTED DEAD MAN'S FOOTSTEPS (#3): 2. ANGEL ..., by MARVIN BELL Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The hands that were nailed, the ankles that were pierced as if one Last Line: The cloud appeared to him by day and the little star by night. Subject(s): Angels; Concentration Camps; Crucifixion; Death; Jews; Religion; Spirituality; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion; Dead, The; Judaism; Theology ST. LUKE XXIV, by CHARLES LOUIS HENRY WAGNER Poem Text First Line: And now upon the first morn of the week Last Line: Amen. Subject(s): Crucifixion; Easter; Holidays; Jesus Christ; Saints; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion; The Resurrection STABAT MATER, by AMELIA WOODWARD TRUESDELL Poem Text First Line: O thou mournful mother, standing by the cross with / eyes uplift Last Line: How a mother's pain may be a soul's sublime beatitude. Subject(s): Crucifixion; Mary. Mother Of Jesus; Mothers; Pain; Women - Bible; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion; Virgin Mary; Suffering; Misery STILL FALLS THE RAIN; THE RAIDS, 1940. NIGHT AND DAWN, by EDITH SITWELL Poem Text Poet Analysis Recitation by Author Poet's Biography First Line: Still falls the rain - / dark as the world of man, black as our loss Last Line: "still do I love, still shed my innocent light, my blood, for thee." Subject(s): Air Raids; Air Warfare; Crucifixion; Religion; World War Ii; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion; Theology; Second World War STILL THE CROSS, by EDWARD MERRILL ROOT Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Calvary is a continent Last Line: Recrucified? Alternate Author Name(s): Root, E. Merrill Subject(s): Crucifixion; Religion; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion; Theology SUFFERED UNDER PONTIUS PILATE, WAS CRUCIFIED, DEAD, AND BURIED, by CECIL FRANCES ALEXANDER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: There is a green hill far away Last Line: Of heaven and let us in. Alternate Author Name(s): Humprheys, Cecil Frances; Alexander, C. F., Mrs. Subject(s): Crucifixion; Jesus Christ - Suffering & Sacrifice; Religion; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion; Theology THE AUTHORS CONFESSION, SELECTION, by ELIZABETH MAJOR Poem Text First Line: Old age -- the eternal son of god for sin did die Last Line: O let not any intice thee time to waste. Subject(s): Crucifixion; Jesus Christ; Love; Seasons; Sin; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion THE BLEEDING MIND, by JAMES TATE Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: A great man was giving a lecture in a town Subject(s): Lectures; Crucifixion; Addresses; Speaking; Public Speaking; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion THE CHRIST, by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Father (so the word) he Last Line: "father! Father!"" so he died." Alternate Author Name(s): Johnson Of Boone, Benj. F. Subject(s): Crucifixion; Death; Jesus Christ; Mercy; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion; Dead, The THE CHRIST OF SAN BUENA VENTURA, by AMELIA WOODWARD TRUESDELL Poem Text First Line: Ghastly christ on rude cross lifted, while behind the / clear-carved face Last Line: Christ was raised from out the shadowslove for him our common joy. Subject(s): Cavalry; Crucifixion; Jesus Christ = Suffering & Sacrifice; Missions & Missionaries; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion THE CROSS, by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: All day the world's mad mocking strife Last Line: A crucifixion in my dreams! Alternate Author Name(s): Tremaine, John Subject(s): Crucifixion; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion THE CRUCIFIXION, by ALICE MEYNELL Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Oh, man's capacity Last Line: Forsaken he went down, and was afraid. Alternate Author Name(s): Meynell, Wilfrid, Mrs.; Thompson, Alice Christina Subject(s): Crucifixion; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion THE CRUCIFIXION, by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Sunlight upon judaea's hills Last Line: Refuse its trembling gratitude? Subject(s): Crucifixion; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion THE CRUCIFIXION OF CHRIST, by WILLIAM MCGONAGALL Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Then pilate, the roman governor, took jesus and scourged him Last Line: Therefore, believe in the saviour, and heaven you shall enter in! Subject(s): Bible; Crucifixion; Death; Heaven; Religion; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion; Dead, The; Paradise; Theology THE DARKNESS OF THE CRUCIFIXION, by FELICIA DOROTHEA HEMANS Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: On judah's hills a weight of darkness hung Last Line: The bright and morning star, my guide to perfect day! Alternate Author Name(s): Browne, Felicia Dorothea Subject(s): Crucifixion; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion THE DYING THIEF, by JOHN SWINNERTON PHILLIMORE Poem Text First Line: Even on the cross a man will make a prayer Last Line: Thou hadst the heart to cry, remember me! Subject(s): Crucifixion; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion THE ELDER TREE, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: "bourtree, bourtree, crookit rung" Last Line: Since our lord was nail'd t' ye Subject(s): Crucifixion;trees; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion THE GOSPEL WOMEN: 3. THE MOTHER OF ZEBEDEE'S CHILDREN, by GEORGE MACDONALD Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: She knelt, she bore a bold request Last Line: God hath prepared it. Subject(s): Bible; Crucifixion; Jesus Christ; Mothers; Women; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion THE KILLING, by EDWIN MUIR Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: That was the day they killed the son of god Subject(s): Crucifixion; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion THE MOTHER LOVE, by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: This master-stroke that deals with the divine Last Line: Back to the mother-lap, the mother-love. Subject(s): Crucifixion; Future; Jesus Christ; Love; Mothers; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion THE NINTH HOUR, by CAROLINE HAZARD Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: After the shameful trial in the hall Last Line: Said, truly this man was the son of god. Subject(s): Clergy; Crucifixion; Jesus Christ - Suffering & Sacrifice; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion THE REDBREAST (A LEGEND OF BRITTANY), by GEORGE MURRAY (1830-1910) Poem Text First Line: When jesus meekly passed to death Last Line: Is loved by man the best. Subject(s): Birds; Crucifixion; Jesus Christ = Suffering & Sacrifice; Legends, French; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion; French Folklore THE REVEALER, by CAROLINE GILTINAN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Time was I saw christ's body Last Line: How love is crucified. Alternate Author Name(s): Harlow, Leo P., Mrs. Subject(s): Crucifixion; Jesus Christ; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion THE SACRIFICIAL LAMB WAS HE, by OLIVER MURRAY EDWARDS Poem Text First Line: Christ lived, and died, and rose that we Last Line: Who died that day for you and me. Subject(s): Crucifixion; Jesus Christ - Suffering & Sacrifice; Religion; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion; Theology THE SCAPEGOAT, by HARRY HIBBARD KEMP Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: They bore me away from the happy flock Last Line: God only knows, not I! Subject(s): Crucifixion; Goats; Guilt; Jesus Christ; Religion; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion; Theology THE SECOND CRUCIFIXION, by RICHARD THOMAS LE GALLIENNE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Loud mockers in the roaring street Last Line: Yet christ is with me all the day. Subject(s): Crucifixion; Faith; Jesus Christ; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion; Belief; Creed THE SERAPHIM, by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: O seraph, pause no more! Last Line: Before his heavenly throne should walk in white. Subject(s): Crucifixion; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion THE SILVER TRADE, by ARTHUR SZE Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: You will hammer silver into a heart Last Line: And throw them behind the mountain. Subject(s): Crucifixion; Judas Iscariot (d. 30 A.d.); Jesus Christ - Crucifixion THE SINNER AT THE CROSS, by PHOEBE CARY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Helpless before the cross I lay Last Line: "to-night in paradise with me." Subject(s): Crucifixion; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion THE STIGMATA; FOR JOHN J. DONLAN, PH.D., by THOMAS WALSH Poem Text First Line: Silent the mountain; on the plains below Last Line: That to the little griefs of earth he died. Alternate Author Name(s): Gill, Roderick; Strange, Garrett Subject(s): Catholics; Crucifixion; Francis Assisi, Saint (1181-1226); Jesus Christ; Saints; Roman Catholics; Catholicism; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion THE SYMBOL LOVE CHOSE; A RED CROSS POEM, by CHARLES LOUIS HENRY WAGNER Poem Text First Line: Love:--that sweet goddess of mercy Last Line: He gave her this symbol of red. Subject(s): Calvary; Cross, The; Crucifixion; Love; Religion; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion; Theology THE THIEF ON THE CROSS, by HARRIET MONROE Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Three crosses rose on calvary against the iron sky Last Line: And if he knew thy face, lord, what did he say to thee? Subject(s): Crucifixion; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion THE THREE TREES, by DORA SIGERSON SHORTER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The oak is a brave tree that groweth in the wood Last Line: By such as ye the cruel cross was made. Alternate Author Name(s): Sigerson, Dora; Shorter, Mrs. Clement Subject(s): Aspen Trees; Crosses; Crucifixion; Oak Trees; Pine Trees; Trees; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion THE VIRGIN MARY TO CHRIST ON THE CROSS, by ROBERT SOUTHWELL Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: What mist hath dimmed that glorious face Last Line: Let sorrow string my heavy lute. Subject(s): Crucifixion; Grief; Mary. Mother Of Jesus; Women - Bible; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion; Sorrow; Sadness; Virgin Mary THE VISION OF JESUS, by KATHARINE TYNAN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Sweetest son, what dost thou see? Last Line: The shadows of three gaunt crosses fall. Alternate Author Name(s): Hinkson, Katharine Tynan Subject(s): Children; Crucifixion; Jesus Christ; Mary. Mother Of Jesus; Mothers; Predestination; Vision; Women - Bible; Childhood; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion; Virgin Mary THE VOICE OF CHRISTMAS, by HARRY HIBBARD KEMP Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I cannot put the presence by, of him, the crucified Last Line: The master of the centuries who will not be denied! Subject(s): Christianity; Christmas; Crucifixion; Religion; Nativity, The; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion; Theology THE WAY OF PAIN, by WENDELL BERRY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: For parents, the only way Subject(s): Abraham; Christianity; Crucifixion; Pain; Parents; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion; Suffering; Misery; Parenthood THE WAYS OF GOD, by CLYDE MCGEE Poem Text First Line: A lad once dreamed he would be king Last Line: And it exalted him. Subject(s): Cavalry; Crucifixion; Galilee, Palestine; God; Jesus Christ = Suffering & Sacrifice; Religion; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion; Theology THERE IS A MAN ON THE CROSS, by ELIZABETH CHENEY (1859-) Poem Text First Line: Whenever there is silence around me Last Line: "there is a man on the cross." Subject(s): Crucifixion; Jesus Christ - Suffering & Sacrifice; Religion; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion; Theology THERE WAS A GARDEN, by MARIE BARTON Poem Text First Line: A cross - one staggering beneath the weight Last Line: He was the son of god. Subject(s): Crucifixion; Gethsemane; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion THREE CROSSES, by EVA WARNER Poem Text First Line: Three ancient crosses on a hill Last Line: Their victims (dust now) challenge still. Subject(s): Capital Punishment; Crucifixion; Injustice; Hanging; Executions; Death Penalty; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion THREE HILLS, by EDWARD CHARLES EVERARD OWEN Poem Text First Line: There is a hill in england Last Line: To souls in jeopardy. Subject(s): Crucifixion; Death; Mountains; Soldiers; War; World War I; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion; Dead, The; Hills; Downs (great Britain); First World War TOWARDS DEMOCRACY: PART 3. O TENDER HEART, by EDWARD CARPENTER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: O tender heart of our humanity Last Line: All suffering for thy dear sake is holy. Subject(s): Crucifixion; Hearts; Humanity; Love; Mary. Mother Of Jesus; Pain; Religion; Women In The Bible; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion; Virgin Mary; Suffering; Misery; Theology TOWARDS DEMOCRACY: PART 3. THE DEAD CHRIST, by EDWARD CARPENTER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Once more the dead christ lies - borne down the ages Last Line: Once more the dead christ liesborne down the ages. Subject(s): Crucifixion; Cruelty; Jesus Christ; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion VOX ULTIMA CRUCIS, by JOHN LYDGATE Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Tarye no lenger; toward thyn heritage Last Line: For the I offered my blood in sacryfice. Subject(s): Cross, The; Crucifixion; Jesus Christ = Suffering & Sacrifice; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion WORKMEN, by FLORA SHUFELT RIVOLA Poem Text First Line: A carpenter lived quietly and died Last Line: christian century Subject(s): Carpenters; Crucifixion; Jesus Christ; Labor & Laborers; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion; Work; Workers |
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