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THE CRUCIFIX. - ZaunköniG - 05.05.2009 THE CRUCIFIX. O Thou, of temper captious, and of soul Too dull, save outward things to comprehend ; Whom that small wooden crucifix doth offend; And water in its pine or beechen bowl; By which, when bells for Ave Mary toll, The peasant on these hills doth lowly bend; Praying good angels will his house defend; While o'er his sleeping head the planets roll. Why railest at such ordinance ? for thus Did Augustine, and venerable Bede, And saints whose names above doth Peter know. Not as of binding force it comes to us ; But, when the emblem ye abjure, take heed, Lest ye forget the inner meaning so. |