 | The rosary in rhyme |  |
THE DOLOROUS MYSTERIES
VII.
THE CROWN OF THORNS
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Reluctant, from the bough,
To be a mark of scorn
Upon this bleeding Brow?
O fruit of the Forbidden Tree,
Behold the ripened penalty!
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And they platted a crown of thorns, and put it about His head.
Mark xv, 17.30
VIII
THE SCOURGING
O thongs, for thirstOf fiends accurst,
Ye quaffed the crimson flood!
Ah, would that we
Who wound, as ye
Were guiltless of His blood!
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Then Pilate therefore took Iesus and scourged Him.
John xix, 1. | The rosary in rhyme | |