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THE CHRIST by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY

Poet Analysis

First Line: FATHER (SO THE WORD) HE
Last Line: "FATHER! FATHER!"" SO HE DIED."
Subject(s): CRUCIFIXION; DEATH; JESUS CHRIST; MERCY; JESUS CHRIST - CRUCIFIXION; DEAD, THE;

"FATHER!" (so The Word) He cried, --
"Son of Thine, and yet denied;
By my brothers dragged and tried,
Scoffed and scourged, and crucified,
With a thief on either side --
Brothers mine, alike belied, --
Arms of mercy open wide,
Father! Father!" So He died.



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