The poems and translations of Sir Edward Sherburne (1616-1702) excluding Seneca and Manilius Introduced and Annotated by F. J. Van Beeck |
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Good Fryday.
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 | The poems and translations of Sir Edward Sherburne (1616-1702) |  |
Good Fryday.
This Day eternall Love, for meFast nail'd unto a cursed Tree;
Rending his fleshly Veyl, did through his side
A way to Paradise provide.
This Day Life dy'd; and dying, overthrew
Death, Sin, and Satan too:
O happy day!
May sinners say:
But Day can it be said to be,
Wherein We see
The bright Sun of celestiall Light
O'rshadow'd with so black a Night?
| The poems and translations of Sir Edward Sherburne (1616-1702) | |