"Lord, must I bear the whole of it, or none?" "Even as I was crucified, My son." "Will it suffice if I the thorn-crown wear?" "To take the scourge, My shoulders were made bare." "My hands, O Lord, must I be pierced in both?" "Twain gave I to the hammer, nothing loth." "But surely, Lord, my feet need not be nailed?" "Had Mine not been, then love had not prevailed." "What need I more, O Lord, to fill my part?" "Only the spear-point in a broken heart." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...COWBOY VERSUS BRONCHO by JAMES BARTON ADAMS CASTLES IN THE AIR by JAMES BALLANTYNE ECLOGUE: FATHER COME HWOME by WILLIAM BARNES THE GUEST by AMELIA JOSEPHINE BURR THEY DIDN'T THINK by PHOEBE CARY LINES, IMPROMPTU, TO Q SCULL, ON ITS IMMEDIATELY ABSORBING SOME WINE by JOHN CHALK CLARIS |