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A HYMN TO THE CROSS by ANONYMOUS

First Line: "STEDDEFAST CROSSE, INMONG ALLE OTHER"
Last Line: AND SWETER BE THE BIRDIN THAT HANGIS UPON THEE
Subject(s): "CROSS, THE;"

Steddefast Crosse, inmong alle other,
Thou art a tree mikel of prise:
In brawnche and flore swilk another
I ne wot non in wode no ris.
Swete be the nalis, and swete be the tree,
And sweter be the birdin that hangis upon thee.




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