W. Garrett Horder, comp. The Poets’ Bible: New Testament. 1895.
Thomas with the Ten
Herbert Kynaston (1809–1878)O
The Lord still passes in;
The one without was first to doubt,
The blessing last to win.
O cruel! must thy hand be thrust
Thy source of Life so near;
Thy Lord assail, hard as the nail,
Unkinder than the spear?
With only Peace to all;
No breathing now upon the brow
Where soon the fire shall fall:
Scarce will that eye, His wounds descry,
No hand he now extends;
How should that flesh be probed afresh,
Here, in the house of friends?
Believe and worship, too,
And first adore,—yet they have more
Who deem the witness true.
Thy faith has seen but what was seen,—
Blest they who still believe
What eye nor ear shall see or hear,
Nor heart of man conceive.
Lord Jesus let me see
The blessed marks of love divine,
Which Thou hast borne for me;
Compunction sweet on hands and feet,
The pierced, the open heart;
Or e’er, without one faithless doubt,
I see Thee as Thou art.