The Greatest Day that ever dawned, -- It was a Winter's Morn. The Finest Temple ever built Was a Shed where a Babe was born. The Sweetest Robes by woman wrought Were the Swaths by the Baby worn. And the Fairest Hair the world has seen, -- Those Locks that were never shorn. The Noblest Crown man ever wore, -- It was the Plaited Thorn. The Grandest Death man ever died, -- It was the Death of Scorn. The Sorest Grief by woman known Was the Mother-Maid's forlorn. The Deepest Sorrows e'er endured Were by The Outcast borne. The Truest Heart the world e'er broke Was the Heart by man's sins torn. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...RABBI BEN EZRA by ROBERT BROWNING FORGETFULNESS by HAROLD HART CRANE THE SPELLIN' BEE by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR LAMENT FOR FLODDEN [FIELD] by JEAN ELLIOT (1727-1805) EPIGRAMS: BOOK I, 1 by MARCUS VALERIUS MARTIALIS THE CITY DEAD-HOUSE by WALT WHITMAN THE UNSCARRED FIGHTER REMEMBERS FRANCE by KENNETH SLADE ALLING |