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“THE MOCKINGS OF THE SOLDIERS. |
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“THE MOCKINGS OF THE SOLDIERS.
“‘Plant a crown upon his head,
Royal robe around him spread;
See that his imperial hand
Grasps, as fit, the sceptral wand:
Then before him bending low,
As becomes his subjects, bow;
Fenced within our armed ring,
Hail him, hail him, as our King!’
Royal robe around him spread;
See that his imperial hand
Grasps, as fit, the sceptral wand:
Then before him bending low,
As becomes his subjects, bow;
Fenced within our armed ring,
Hail him, hail him, as our King!’
“Platted was of thorns the crown,
Trooper's cloak was royal gown;
If his passive hand, indeed,
Grasped a sceptre, 't was a reed;
He was bound to feel and hear
Deeds of shame, and words of jeer;
For he whom king in jest they call
Was a doomed captive scoffed by all.
Trooper's cloak was royal gown;
If his passive hand, indeed,
Grasped a sceptre, 't was a reed;
He was bound to feel and hear
Deeds of shame, and words of jeer;
For he whom king in jest they call
Was a doomed captive scoffed by all.
“But the brightest crown of gold,
Or the robe of rarest fold,
Or the sceptre which the mine
Of Golconda makes to shine,
Or the lowliest homage given
By all mankind under heaven,
Were prized by him no more than scorn,
Sceptre of reed, or crown of thorn.
Or the robe of rarest fold,
Or the sceptre which the mine
Of Golconda makes to shine,
Or the lowliest homage given
By all mankind under heaven,
Were prized by him no more than scorn,
Sceptre of reed, or crown of thorn.
“Of the stars his crown is made,
In the sun he is arrayed,
He the lightning of the spheres
As a flaming sceptre bears:
Bend in rapture before him
Ranks of glowing seraphim;
And we, who spurned him, trembling stay
The judgment of his coming day.”
In the sun he is arrayed,
He the lightning of the spheres
As a flaming sceptre bears:
Bend in rapture before him
Ranks of glowing seraphim;
And we, who spurned him, trembling stay
The judgment of his coming day.”
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