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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE STRANGER, by JOHN RICHARD MORELAND
First Line: I saw him where the rose was red
Last Line: "yourself stripped of your mask of mirth."
Subject(s): Jesus Christ = Suffering & Sacrifice
First Line: I saw him where the rose was red
Last Line: "yourself stripped of your mask of mirth."
Subject(s): Jesus Christ = Suffering & Sacrifice
I saw him where the rose was red
Pressing the cruel thorns between
His hands until his pale palms bled,
As he walked through my garden-space
And on his face
Such sorrow as I had not seen.
"Sad Stranger, who are you that walk
Where loveliness has birth?
Why are your palms all torn and dark?"
He broke another rose blood-red
And turned and said:
"Yourself stripped of your mask of mirth."
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