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XIV—She stands by His Cross
Lady of the sorrows,
Thou dost know
Agony of agony,
Woe of woe:
All God's waves and billows
O'er thee go.
Was there ever woman
Suffered so?
Thou dost know
Agony of agony,
Woe of woe:
All God's waves and billows
O'er thee go.
Was there ever woman
Suffered so?
Mockery in purple
Wrapt Him erst:
Now the dreadful darkness,
Deepest, worst,
Binds Him tight and deadly,
Robe accurst.
Jesus! Jesus! Jesus!
Last and First.
Wrapt Him erst:
Now the dreadful darkness,
Deepest, worst,
Binds Him tight and deadly,
Robe accurst.
Jesus! Jesus! Jesus!
Last and First.
Does she stand in silence
Till the cry
Of the God-forsaken
Rends the sky,
With the piercing anguish
Of its why?
Death of deaths He tasteth
Ere He die.
Till the cry
Of the God-forsaken
Rends the sky,
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Of its why?
Death of deaths He tasteth
Ere He die.
When the evening husheth
Day's wild stir,
They will bear in linen,
Aloes, myrrh,
Her Beloved to the
Sepulchre;
Him they laid within the
Arms of her.
Day's wild stir,
They will bear in linen,
Aloes, myrrh,
Her Beloved to the
Sepulchre;
Him they laid within the
Arms of her.
Then, O Mary Mother,
Wilt thou weep?
Now the day is ended,
God will keep
Watch above thee taking
Rest full deep;
Till thine Easter harvest
Thou shalt reap.
Wilt thou weep?
Now the day is ended,
God will keep
Watch above thee taking
Rest full deep;
Till thine Easter harvest
Thou shalt reap.
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