| W. Garrett Horder, comp. The Poets’ Bible: New Testament. 1895. | | | | “Jesus Wept” | | William Michael Rossetti (1829–1919) |
| | | MARY rose up as one in sleep might rise, | |
| 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 | 5 |
| 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 | 10 |
| 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. | | | | |
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