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Arthur Symons - The Crucifix And The Owl
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That unutterable Agony on the Crucifix 
Of Jesus Christ the hideous Jews decried 
Rent night asunder; seethed the sullen Styx, 
Sad Lethe murmured where the reeds transfix 
The invisible winds; then He, the Crucified, 
Nailed by the cruel nails, the wound in His side 
That bled, His feet that bled, His head whose pride 
Was more than man`s, His brow the thorns did mix 
With drops of blood, heard the hooting of an Owl: 
The Owl who when the wan moon, the sun`s Bride, 
Begins to shine, inevitably hoots. 
Nothing he fears, not even the earth`s roots, 
He fears not lightning nor the clouds that scowl. 
The Christ: who loved him, panted, then he sighed; 
So sighed beneath him Mary Magdalen. 
At the ninth hour the ghost within him died. 
The Owl was silent and no God replied: 
At the ninth hour the Owl hooted again.
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