2. Christ Falls the
Second Time
He falls again to find he cannot rise,
Though inclination be as sharp as will.
This body no mere seeming, no disguise,
The God-Man truly man, for good or ill.
A Roman sword athwart a pilgrim’s way
Derails devotion, unslays sacrifice.
A passerby who longs his lamb to slay
Must now by-pass that plan to pay this price.
Though from the temple courts now balked by blood
Of man from shedding blood of goat or bull,
He leads a truer lamb behind this rood,
Enters a truer temple at the Skull.
Diverted from the way he would have trod,
A human hand here helps a human God.
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