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VII: The Crown Of Thorns

Oh, wherefore were we torn,
Reluctant, from the bough,
To be a mark of scorn
Upon this bleeding Brow?
O fruit of the Forbidden Tree,
Behold the ripened penalty!

And they platted a crown of thorns, and put it about His head.

Mark xv, 17.

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