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Text:O Wounded hands and feet!
Translator:John Brownlie

28. O Wounded hands and feet!

O Wounded hands and feet!
O heart, with spear-thrust torn!
O brow, with blood-drops falling down,
Beneath the piercing thorn!
O Jesus, Lord divine,
Why was such anguish Thine?

The angels were amazed,
The sun refused his light,
And they who knew that Christ was God,
Turned from the woeful sight;
O Jesus, Lord divine,
Why was such anguish Thine?

My soul, canst thou not tell
Why such a sacrifice?
Hast thou no needs for which the Cross
Alone can find supplies?
O Jesus, Lord divine,
Why was such anguish Thine?

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For thee the Cross was reared;
For thee the Christ was slain;
For thee He sojourned with the dead,
And rose to life again;
O Jesus, Lord divine,
Thus was the anguish Thine.

Text Information
First Line: O Wounded hands and feet!
Title: O Wounded hands and feet!
Translator: John Brownlie
Meter: 6,6,8,6,6,6
Language: English
Publication Date: 1920
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