From Calvary a cry was heard--
A bitter and heart-rending cry;
My Savior! ev'ry mournful word
Bespoke thy soul's deep agony
2 A horror of great darkness fell
On thee, thou spotless holy One!
And all the eager hosts of hell
Conspired to tempt God's only Son.
3 The scourge, the thorns, the deep disgrace,
These thou could'st bear, nor once repine;