Excerpt from The Cost of a Crown: A Story of Douay and Durham; A Sacred Drama in Three Acts Then struck the hour, when, like his Lord, betrayed To sinners' hands, he, like his Lord, was made A very lamb of God tormented sore, Judged by injustice, pris'm and chains he bore; Till, looking upwards to his heavenly crown, Passing from death, his holy life laid down, And, 'mid the thrones where scar-decked martyrs shine, He reigns with Laurence and with Valentine. This then our theme, pursued as best we may' And you, my lords ...
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Excerpt from The Cost of a Crown: A Story of Douay and Durham; A Sacred Drama in Three Acts Then struck the hour, when, like his Lord, betrayed To sinners' hands, he, like his Lord, was made A very lamb of God tormented sore, Judged by injustice, pris'm and chains he bore; Till, looking upwards to his heavenly crown, Passing from death, his holy life laid down, And, 'mid the thrones where scar-decked martyrs shine, He reigns with Laurence and with Valentine. This then our theme, pursued as best we may' And you, my lords and gentlemen, we pray To hear and see with patience as we show This tale of holy joy and holier woe Follow with us the story of his strife, His fears, his living death, his deathless life. We do our best. Hear you with patience then. And so God fie bless us always, one and all. Amen. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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