• Perhaps you think me stooping

    I'm not ashamed of that

    Christ — stooped until He touched the Grave —

    Do those at Sacrament


    Commemorative Dishonor

    Or love annealed of love

    Until it bend as low as Death

    Redignified, above?

  • The Sun kept stooping — stooping — low!

    The Hills to meet him rose!

    On his side, what Transaction!

    On their side, what Repose!


    Deeper and deeper grew the stain

    Upon the window pane —

    Thicker and thicker stood the feet

    Until the Tyrian


    Was crowded dense with Armies —...