W. Garrett Horder, comp. The Poets’ Bible: New Testament. 1895.
“Jesus Wept”
William Michael Rossetti (1829–1919)M
And went to meet her brother’s friend: and they
Who tarried with her said, “She goes to pray,
And weep again where Lazarus’ body lies.”
And so with hard-wrung hands and so with sighs
They stood before him on the public way.
“Hadst Thou been with him, Lord, upon that day
He had not died,” she said, drooping her eyes.
Mary and Martha with bowed faces kept
Holding on either side his garments. “Where
Have ye laid him?” He asked. “Lord, come and see.”
The sound of grieving voices heavily
And universally was round him there,
A sound to smite the spirit. Jesus wept.