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CALVARY by JESSIE BELL RITTENHOUSE

First Line: I WALKED ALONE TO MY CALVARY
Last Line: BUT NEVER A CROSS MY EYES COULD SEE.
Subject(s): CALVARY;
I walked alone to my Calvary,
And no man carried the cross for me:
Carried the cross? Nay, no man knew
The fearful load I bent unto;
But each as we met upon the way
Spake me fair of the journey I walked that day.

I came alone to my Calvary,
And high was the hill and bleak to see;
But lo, as I scaled the flinty side,
A thousand went up to be crucified—
A thousand kept the way with me,
But never a cross my eyes could see.



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