They warned Our Lady for the Child That was Our blessed Lord, And She took Him into the desert wild, Over the camel's ford. And a long song She sang to Him And a short story told: And She wrapped Him in a woolen cloak To keep Him from the cold. But when Our Lord was grown a man, The Rich they dragged Him down, And they crucified Him in Golgotha, Out and beyond the Town. They crucified Him on Calvary, Upon an April day; And because He had been Her little Son, She followed Him all the way. Our Lady stood beside the Cross, A little space apart, And when She heard Our Lord cry out, A sword went through Her heart. They laid Our Lord in a marble tomb, Dead, in a winding sheet, But Our Lady stands above the world With the white Moon at Her feet. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE MAN WITH THE WOODEN LEG by KATHERINE MANSFIELD JOHANNA PEDERSEN by KAREN SWENSON PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR by JAMES DAVID CORROTHERS THE MYSTERIOUS CAT by NICHOLAS VACHEL LINDSAY THE DESPAIRING LOVER by WILLIAM WALSH (1663-1707) LOUISBERG SQUARE by WILLIAM STANLEY BRAITHWAITE |