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THE PASSION-FLOWER. 
Exclaiming with a fervent joy, 
“T have found the Passion-flower ! 
“The Passion of our blessed Lord, 
With all his pangs and pain, 
Set forth within a little flower, 
In shape and colour plain! 
‘‘ Behold the ladder, and the cord 
With which his limbs were tied; 
Behold his five deep, cruel wounds 
In hands, and feet, and side! 
“‘ Behold the hammer and the nails ; 
The bloody crown of thorn; 
And these his precious tears, when left 
Of God and man forlorn! 
Up, I will forth into the world, 
And take this flower with me, 
To preach the death of Christ to all, 
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As it has preached to me! 
And thus the good old passion-flower 
Throughout the world was sent, 
