Monday, April 05, 2004

Palms beating green
1. Palms beating green abv the donkey's head,
And brilliant cloaks a carpet to his hooves;
"Hosanna to the king of Israel,
To David's Son who rides in God's great name!"

Refrain:
Christ raised on nails, endured the dark of death,
N God has lifted him above the sun.

2. His love-feast done, he walked wif loneliness:
The 3 asleep beneath the olive trees,
The weak n boastful frens, the traitor's kiss.
Arrest by nite, n servants' spiteful blows.

3. "I will set free ur King for Passover."
- "Give us Barabbas! Take this man away!"
"What of your King, the King of Israel?"
- "The cross! The cross! Away n nail him up!"

4. No honour giv'n this King but ridicule,
For royal robe the scarlet rage of shame,
Mock genuflections - "Hail, O King of Jews!"
The Roman scorn, the fish, the crown of blood.

5. The soldiers curse, the rattling dice decide,
The hammers batter home, the cross is raised,
The placard's irony proclaims his crime,
The wind of doom goes whistling by the skulls.

6. Set round by hunters, driven, cornered, staked,
The dying lion roars, and, at tt cry,
The earth is ripped, a storm of darkness breaks
And leaves the mourning sun a blackened lamp.

by tab at 1:41 AM |