The Earth Trembled

On our Saviour's Passion

[The earth trembled] (1688)

 The earth did tremble; and heav'n's closed eye

Was loth to see the Lord of Glory dye:

The Skyes were clad in mourning, and the Spheares

Forgat their harmony; the Clouds dropt teares:

Th'ambitious Dead arose to give him roome;

And ev'ry Grave did gape to be his Tombe:
Th'affrighted heavn's sent down elegious Thunder;

The World's Foundation loos'd, to lose their Founder;

Th'impatient Temple rent her Vaile in two,

To teach our hearts what our sad hearts should do:

Shall senselesse things doe this, and shall not I

Melt one poore drop to see my Saviour dye?
Drill forth my Teares, and trickle one by one,

TIll you have pierc'd this heart of mine, this Stone.