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| O COME and mourn with me awhile, | |
| See, Mary calls us to her side; | |
| O come and let us mourn with her: | |
| Jesus, our Love, is crucified! | |
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| Have we no tears to shed for Him, | 5 |
| While soldiers scoff and Jews deride? | |
| Ah! look how patiently He hangs: | |
| Jesus, our Love, is crucified! | |
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| How fast His hands and feet are nailed; | |
| His blessèd tongue with thirst is tied; | 10 |
| His failing eyes are blind with blood: | |
| Jesus, our Love, is crucified! | |
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| His Mother cannot reach His face; | |
| She stands in helplessness beside; | |
| Her heart is martyred with her Son’s: | 15 |
| Jesus, our Love, is crucified! | |
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| Seven times He spoke, seven words of love, | |
| And all three hours His silence cried | |
| For mercy on the souls of men: | |
| Jesus, our Love, is crucified! | 20 |
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| What was Thy crime, my dearest Lord? | |
| By earth, by heaven, Thou hast been tried, | |
| And guilty found of too much love: | |
| Jesus, our Love, is crucified! | |
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| Found guilty of excess of love, | 25 |
| It was Thine own sweet will that tied | |
| The tighter far than helpless nails: | |
| Jesus, our Love, is crucified! | |
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| Death came, and Jesus meekly bowed; | |
| His falling eyes He strove to guide | 30 |
| With mindful love to Mary’s face: | |
| Jesus, our Love, is crucified! | |
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| O break, O break, hard heart of mine! | |
| Thy weak self-love and guilty pride | |
| His Pilate and his Judas were: | 35 |
| Jesus, our Love, is crucified! | |
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| Come, take thy stand beneath the cross | |
| And let the blood from out that side | |
| Fall gently on thee drop by drop: | |
| Jesus, our Love, is crucified. | 40 |
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| A broken heart, a fount of tears, | |
| Ask, and they will not be denied; | |
| A broken heart love’s cradle is: | |
| Jesus, our Love, is crucified! | |
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| O Love of God! O sin of Man! | 45 |
| In this dread act your strength is tried: | |
| And victory remains with love, | |
| For He, our Love, is crucified! | |
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