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CHORUS OF WOMEN, FR. FAUST by JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE

First Line: WITH MYRRH AND SPICERY
Last Line: CHRIST NO LONGER HERE.

CHORUS OF WOMEN.
With myrrh and spicery
We have embalmed Him, -- we,
The faithful, laid Him out.
We swathed him round about,
His cerements did wind
Cleanly upon His bier.
Alas! and now we find
Christ no longer here.



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