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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ON GOOD FRIDAY, THE DAY OF OUR SAVIOUR'S PASSION, by PHILIP AYRES Poet's Biography First Line: Weep this great day! Let tears o'erflow your eyes Last Line: May we shed pious tears, and of our sins repent. Subject(s): Good Friday; Holidays; Holy Week | |||
WEEP this great day! Let tears o'erflow your eyes; When Father gave his Son in sacrifice; This day for us his precious Blood was spilt, Whose dying made atonement for our guilt. He on a cross, with shame, gave up his breath, E'en He who could not die, did suffer death: Closing his eyes, to Heav'n He op'd a way, And gave those life who then expiring lay. Death did against our souls those arms prepare, But He the fury of the conflict bare; To guard our lives his body was the shield, And by our Gen'ral's fall we gain the field. When graves shall open, Temple's Veil be torn, The El'ments weep, and Heav'ns themselves shall mourn; O hearts more hard than stones, not to relent! May we shed pious tears, and of our sins repent. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...GOOD FRIDAY by LUCILLE CLIFTON GOOD FRIDAY HYMN by GEORGE SANTAYANA GOOD FRIDAY, 1613. RIDING WESTWARD by JOHN DONNE GOOD FRIDAY (1) by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI GOOD FRYDAY by JOSEPH BEAUMONT GOODFRYDAY (TO A BASE AND TWO TREBLES) by JOSEPH BEAUMONT SATURDAY IN Y' HOLY WEEK by JOSEPH BEAUMONT THURSDAY IN HOLY WEEK by JOSEPH BEAUMONT WEDNESDAY IN Y' HOLY WEEK by JOSEPH BEAUMONT ON A FAIR BEGGAR by PHILIP AYRES |
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