This is the companion volume to the one on poetry inspired by the Hebrew Bible. Whereas Volume I included rhapsodic and exalted epics, verse essays, and chivalric romances and the like, the New Testament has engendered more lyrical and meditative poems. For purposes of brevity, the editors have harmonized the Gospels in this paperback. The diversity of the material here is astonishing.

There are poems by Thomas Merton on "Cana," Edgar Lee Masters on "The Wedding Feast," William Carlos Williams on "The Gift," Dylan Thomas on "There was a Savior," and James Weldon Johnson on " The Judgment Day." This resource is designed to awaken in your heart a fresh appreciation of the Bible.