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Would another bear my burdens for me?
Then a vision rose in the mist and rain.
And I saw a hill that was steep & stony
Under a sky that was sad with loss
And. up. toward the summit
wearily climbing
One bowed to earth with a heavy cross.

Forgive! Oh forgive thou Man of Sorrows!
I cried, and was silent for
grief and shame
What was my load, to the load he carried?
A burden only, in thought and name.

What do I know of the woes that
Christ knew
Could I feel a tithe of them Lord
and live?
Thou who hast borne the sins
of the whole world
Thou who hast died for all men
Forgives.

Elen Rexford.