THE FLESH

'Sweet, thou art pale.'

'More pale to see,

Christ hung upon the cruel tree

And bore His Father's wrath for me.'

'Sweet, thou art sad.'

'Beneath a rod

More heavy, Christ for my sake trod

The winepress of the wrath of God.'

'Sweet, thou art weary.'

'Not so Christ:

Whose mighty love of me sufficed

For Strength, Salvation, Eucharist.'

'Sweet, thou art footsore.'

'If I bleed, 10

His feet have bled; yea in my need

His Heart once bled for mine indeed.'

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