If Jesus Christ Should Come Again by Stephen Vincent Benet for National Poetry Month

This is one of the first poems I remember reading.  I must have been in junior high based on the library I recall.  I remember being in awe of the theme, that the merchants were saying "Oh no, we need to keep Him on the cross so He doesn't mess with us" even as they were bowing and praying before Him.
 

If Jesus Christ Should Come Again by Stephen Vincent Benet
aka Carol: New Style

 

 

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