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TRULY THIS WAS THE SON OF GOD

I

O hands in benediction spread,
O Hands that, loving, broke the Bread,
O Hands that bleed for us instead!

II

O Bundle of these transfixed feet,
So joined, through each one nail doth beat,
O knot of Love, O Posy sweet!

III

And this, the sluice within thy side,
To a hidden river openeth wide,
With fruiting trees on either side.