On the still surviving Marks of our Saviour's

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Whatever story of their cruelty,
Or nail, or thorn, or spear have writ in Thee,
 Are in another sense
 Still legible ;
 Sweet is the difference :
 Once I did spell
 Every red letter
 A wound of Thine ;
 Now, what is better,
 Balsam for mine.

© Richard Crashaw