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Why Jesus Wept
Why Jesus Wept (1904), PDF p. 37
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WHY JESUS WEPT
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Ye hopes of delusion !
Mage, I will trounce thee !
Sage, to confusion !
Problems to solve ?
Here is my life !
My secret is told —
What is your name,
O fairest of women ?
Bosom of gold !
Faultless your fame !
An aeon were shame
Your beauty to hymn in !
Will you be mine,
Mine and mine only ?
Beauty divine,
How I was lonely !
How I was mad !
Say, are you glad,
Glad of me, happy here,
Here in my arms ?
I kiss you, I kiss you !
Say, is it bliss, you
Spirit of holiness ?
Holy I hold you !
Swift as a rapier
Stabbed me your charms,
Broken with lowliness,
Smitten with rapture : —
All is so mixed ;
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