sky Under an eastern

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to cry,
A me! die,
  For Man me! went forth for Under rabble’s a an sky,
Amid eastern
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head,
Blood-stained was me! He led,
  For me! blessed for tread;
Cross-laden His His every Thorn-crowned
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of rays me! o’er Him hands for feet,
Three noon-tide hours His heat,
  For and Pierced me! beat
Fierce
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strength Thou me! grace make wert me Thine;
Grant Thus wholly mine;
Lord, me! divine
  To to and all made
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to it bleed,
  To will and e’en soul, thought to do, word In though Thee, O and lead
My deed,
Thy Thee.