On
the
CRUCIFIXION
.
I.
BEHOLD
the
Saviour
of
Mankind
Nail'd
to
the
shameful
Tree
!
How
vast
the
Love
that
Him
inclin'd
To
bleed
and
die
for
Thee
!
II
.
Hark
how
he
groans
!
while
Nature
shakes
,
And
Earth's
strong
Pillars
bend
!
The
Temple's
Veil
in
sunder
breaks
,
The
solid
Marbles
rend
.
III
.
'Tis
done
!
the
precious
Ransom's
paid
;
Receive
my
Soul
,
he
cries
;
See
where
he
bows
his
sacred
Head
!
He
bows
his
Head
and
dies
.
IV
.
But
soon
He'll
break
Death's
envious
Chain
,
And
in
full
Glory
shine
!
O
Lamb
of
GOD
,
was
ever
Pain
,
Was
ever
Love
like
Thine
!