The
CRUCIFIXION
and
RESURRECTION
.
An
ODE
.
I.
WHAT
means
the
reeling
Earth
?
O
why
These
Wonders
in
the
dreadful
Sky
?
The
frighted
Sun
withdraws
its
Beams
,
Deep
Groans
are
heard
and
doleful
Screams
.
O
say
,
what
this
Convulsion
means
:
Afflicted
Nature
with
a
Shriek
replies
,
A
God
expires
,
a
mighty
Saviour
dies
.
II
.
The
conscious
Stars
their
Rays
deny
.
The
Moon
receives
a
crimson
Dye
.
The
Temple
conscious
of
its
Fall
,
Now
shakes
its
emblematick
Wall
.
The
Ocean
stagnates
,
and
the
Mountains
bow
,
And
Angels
weep
that
never
wept
till
now
.
III
.
Still
tremble
,
Earth
,
and
still
,
O
Sky
,
Thy
ever-chearing
Lamps
deny
:
Amaz'd
still
let
the
Ocean
stand
,
But
what
remains
for
guilty
Man
?
What
Groans
?
what
Sorrows
are
for
him
decreed
?
For
Man
whose
Crimes
have
made
Perfection
bleed
?
IV
.
But
see
,
O
see
,
the
Sun
returns
!
No
more
afflicted
Nature
mourns
!
The
Stars
their
vacant
Orbs
regain
!
And
the
Moon
sheds
a
silver
Beam
!
While
heav'nly
Voices
warble
in
the
Skies
,
"
Behold
your
Saviour
from
his
Tomb
arise
.
!
"
V.
While
Saints
attend
the
blessed
Morn
,
He
rose
:
—
The
God
in
human
Form
,
A
Form
not
made
of
vulgar
Clay
:
Which
,
tho'
it
slept
,
cou'd
not
decay
!
Hail
,
Mortals
;
Hail
(
transported
Seraphs
cry
)
Redeem'd
,
and
favour'd
by
the
God
most
high
.
VI
.
In
Heav'n
let
Joys
eternal
flow
,
And
Mercy
in
the
Worlds
below
;
The
Penitent
shall
Peace
obtain
,
And
not
a
Tear
shall
fall
in
vain
.
Then
join
,
ye
Worlds
,
in
one
glad
Chorus
sing
,
Praise
to
Messiah
,
and
th'
Almighty
King
.