Oxford Book of English Verse, Part 3 by  Arthur Quiller-Couch

Christ Crucified

Thy restless feet now cannot go

For us and our eternal good,

As they were ever wont. What though

They swim, alas! in their own flood?


Thy hands to give Thou canst not lift,

Yet will Thy hand still giving be;

It gives, but O, itself's the gift!

It gives tho' bound, tho' bound 'tis free!

— Richard Crashaw
1613?–1649   


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