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The Meek
I would be meek as He who bore his cross,And died on earth that I in him might live,
And, while in sin I knew not of my loss,
Suffered with gentle love his hope to give;
May I within the manger too be laid,
And mid the thieves his childlike meekness show;
And though by him who kisses me betrayed,
May I no will but his my Master's know;
Thus sheltered by the lonely vale of tears,
My feet shall tread secure the path he trod,
Mid lying tongues that pierce my side like spears,
I too shall find within the peace of God;
And though rejected shall possess the earth,
And dead in Christ be witness of his birth.
Poem No. 287; late 1838–early 1839
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