Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
Asia: Vols. XXI–XXIII. 1876–79. | | | | Syria: Calvary, the Mount | | The Crucifixion | | Maria Doceo |
| | Translated by J. Bowring
THE STONES they raise, | |
| Life’s hope decays,— | |
| With insults greeted | |
| And woes repeated, | |
| Affection gone, | 5 |
| Woe stands alone; | |
| Who suffers this? O, tell! | |
| ’T is He who loves so well. | |
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| Lights darkened all, | |
| The stone-showers fall, | 10 |
| The wild winds blowing, | |
| His long hair flowing, | |
| His eyes are wet, | |
| Thorns wound his feet. | |
| Who suffers this? O, tell! | 15 |
| ’T is He who loves so well. | |
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| Perplexed the road, | |
| His breast a load; | |
| His heart is torn: | |
| The world in scorn,— | 20 |
| The flowers are faded, | |
| The sun is shaded. | |
| Who suffers this? O, tell! | |
| ’T is He who loves so well. | |
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| What weary sighs, | 25 |
| And weeping eyes, | |
| And plaints forbid, | |
| And glories hid, | |
| And absence drear | |
| From friends sincere. | 30 |
| Who suffers this? O, tell! | |
| ’T is He who loves so well. | |
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| A clouded star, | |
| A journey far, | |
| A fearful doom, | 35 |
| A day of gloom; | |
| The path mistaken,— | |
| By all forsaken. | |
| Who suffers this? O, tell! | |
| ’T is He who loves so well. | 40 | | | |
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