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Show PASSIONTIDE. The young child Jesus had a garden Full of roses rare and red; , And thrice a day He watered them. To make a garland for His head. When they were full blown in the garden He called the Jewish children there, And each did pluck himself a Tose. Until they stripped the garden bare. "And now now will You makeYour garland. For not a rose Your path adorns?" "But you forget," He answered them, "That you have left Me still the thorns." ' They took the thorns and made a garland And placed it on His shining head. And where the roses should have shown Were little drops of blood instead. Richard Henry Stoddard. |