On Maxwell of Cardoness
written in 1794
Bless Jesus Christ, O Cardoness, With grateful, lifted eyes; Who taught that not the soul alone, But body too shall rise. For had he said, the soul alone From death I will deliver: Alas, alas, O Cardoness! Then hadst thou lain forever!
On Maxwell of Cardoness - meaning Summary
Body and Soul Resurrected
The poem offers a brief, devotional consolation celebrating Jesus for promising not only the soul but the body’s resurrection. Addressed to Cardoness, the speaker thanks Christ for overturning the finality of death: had only the soul been saved, the beloved’s body would have remained forever lost. The tone is grateful and eucharistic, focused on Christian hope in bodily resurrection as a direct reversal of permanent burial and an assurance that the whole person—body and soul—will be restored.
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