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They sunk a post into the ground	A
Where their leaders bade them stop	B
It was a man's height and they spiked	C
A crosspiece to the top	B
They bound it well with thongs of hide	D
To make it firm and good	E
Then roughly with His back to this	F
Their enemy they stood	E
They held His hands upon the piece	G
And they spiked them to the wood	E
	-
They mocked Him then the while He rocked	H
In agony His head	I
With things that He had never done	J
And He had never said	I
With that which He had never been	K
And in His face they spat	L
They placed a plank beside the post	M
And they spiked His feet to that	L
	-
They pelted Him but not with stones	N
Lest He should die too soon	O
They stayed to mock His agony	P
All through the blazing noon	O
They did not pelt with stones lest they	Q
Might kill Him unaware	R
But with foul things that lay about	S
The filthy hovels there	R
	-
And this was how they murdered Him	T
They killed Him in his youth	U
Because He had been good to men	V
Because He told the truth	U
Because they did not understand	W
The things He felt and knew	X
He only said the world old words	Y
They know not what they do	X
	-
The flaunting harlots taunted Him	T
He only bowed His head	I
And prayed for public women then	V
While Save Thyself they said	I
They went with soldiers to the camp	Z
And the rest went by and bye	A2
When they were weary of the sport	B2
And they left Him there to die	A2
	-
He lingered yet for He was strong	C2
But He shut His blighted eyes	D2
And shuddered oft for round Him swarmed	E2
The loathsome desert flies	D2
His throat was parched His temples throbbed	E2
And when He drooped the pain	F2
That shot from all His wounds tenfold	E2
Would draw Him up again	V
	-
Two thieves were nailed beside Him there	R
They raved their wounds they tore	G2
And though they both were stronger men	V
They seemed to suffer more	G2
And while with agony great beads	H2
Of sweat stood on His brow	I2
He'd comfort them in words like these	J2
'Twill soon be ended now	I2
	-
His friends had all deserted Him	T
They fled in deadly fear	K2
As friends desert a friend to day	E2
Afraid of jibe and sneer	K2
The same poor human nature now	I2
As it has ever been	K
Small credit to be crucified	E2
Beside a Nazarene	K
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But when the people in the town	K
And the drunken soldiers slept	E2
From some mean huts that stood hard by	A2
Three wretched women crept	E2
Like thieves across the stony ground	E2
They came with stealthy tread	E2
And they had water in a gourd	E2
But they found that He was dead	E2
	-
They brought some still more wretched men	K
And O their hearts were good	E2
In terror and with pains they wrenched	E2
The strong spikes from the wood	E2
They washed His body hurriedly	P
For they had lives to save	L2
And they bore it off and hid it well	M2
Where none might find his grave	L2
	-
His name is known where'er the foot	E2
Of Christian man has trod	E2
They worship in cathedrals now	K
They call Him Son of God	E2
They ask for aid in His dear name	N2
When they suffer care and pain	K
And if He came on earth to day	E2
They'd murder Him again	K

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