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...A SHROPSHIRE LAD: 31 by ALFRED EDWARD HOUSMAN A BABY ASLEEP AFTER PAIN by DAVID HERBERT LAWRENCE BIVOUAC ON A MOUNTAIN SIDE by WALT WHITMAN THE TENT ON THE BEACH: 2. THE WRECK OF RIVERMOUTH by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER THE GOOD COUNSEL by WILLIAM ROSE BENET FAMILIARITY by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN |