Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE CROSS WAS HIS OWN, by ANONYMOUS


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THE CROSS WAS HIS OWN, by                    
First Line: They borrowed a bed to lay his head
Last Line: The cross was his own
Subject(s): Jesus Christ;religion; Theology


They borrowed a bed to lay His head
When Christ the Lord came down;
They borrowed the ass
In the mountain pass
For Him to ride to town;
But the crown that He wore
And the Cross that he bore
Were His own--
The Cross was His own.

He borrowed the bread
When the crowd He fed
On the grassy mountainside,
He borrowed the dish of broken fish
With which He satisfied.
But the crown that He wore
And the Cross that He bore
Were His own--
The Cross was His own.

He borrowed the ship in which to sit
To teach the multitude;
He borrowed a nest
In which to rest--
He had never a certitude;
But the crown that He wore
And the Cross that He bore
Were His own--
The Cross was His own.

He borrowed a room
On His way to the tomb
The Passover lamb to eat;
They borrowed a cave for Him a grave,
They borrowed a winding sheet.
But the crown that He wore
And the Cross that He bore
Were His own--
The Cross was His own.





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