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THE WOUNDS
To Lady Grosvenor
God's Son had Wounds Five
To save men's souls alive.
To save men's souls alive.
Five Wounds, five Joys, Heartsease,
That spring for man's release.
That spring for man's release.
The First Wound it pierced and struck
The hand that blessed and broke.
The hand that blessed and broke.
The Second stabbed with cruel smart
The hand was next His heart.
The hand was next His heart.
Of the Third Wound what shall be said
Wherewith His side was red?
Wherewith His side was red?
An Heavenly House, a Rosy Ark
To house men from the dark.
To house men from the dark.
The Fourth and Fifth His feet did keep
That followed after His sheep
That followed after His sheep
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Nailed to the Cross lest they should press
On their high business.
On their high business.
The Wounds of Love they throbbed and bled;
In Heaven they are not stayed.
In Heaven they are not stayed.
In Heaven they are red roses five
That save men's souls alive.
That save men's souls alive.
Five roses on a heavenly tree
And Christ's men shall go free.
And Christ's men shall go free.
Five roses, crimson-dyed
In His hands, in His feet, in His side.
In His hands, in His feet, in His side.
Five roses set between
God's anger and man's sin.
God's anger and man's sin.
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