Nicholson & Lee, eds. The Oxford Book of English Mystical Verse. 1917.
Richard Le Gallienne (18661947)285. The Second Crucifixion
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Say Christ is crucified again:
Twice pierced His gospel-bearing feet,
Twice broken His great heart in vain.
For Christ talks with me all the while.
From off His unawaking sleep,
In vain shall Mary watch alone,
In vain the soldiers vigil keep.
My eyes are on His shining head.
That voice exceeding sweet and low
Within the garden calling clear:
Her Lord is gone, and she must go.
In every London lane and street.
And Bartimaeus still go blind;
The healing hem shall ne’er again
Be touched by suffering humankind.
The poor and outcast, in His breast.
With gentle knocking shall He plead,
No more the mystic pity start,
For Christ twice dead is dead indeed.
Yet Christ is with me all the day.