Behold the Saviour of mankind Nailed to the shameful tree; How vast the love that Him inclined To bleed and die for me. Hark! how He groans, while nature shakes, And earth's strong pillars bend! The Temple's veil asunder breaks, The solid marbles rend. 'Tis finished! now the ransom's paid, "Receive My soul!" He cries; See--how He bows His sacred head! He bows His head and dies! But soon He'll break death's iron chain, And in full glory shine. O Lamb of God! was ever pain-- Was ever love like Thine? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TO A CHILD DANCING IN THE WIND: 2 by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS BACON'S EPITAPH, MADE BY HIS MAN by JOHN COTTON (1640-1699) THE AIM WAS SONG by ROBERT FROST THE FORERUNNERS by GEORGE HERBERT EDEN BOWER by DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI ECCLESIASTICAL SONNETS: PART 3: 5. WALTON'S BOOK OF LIVE by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH A CRADLE SONG by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS |