The Cross was here,
And there it came
Behind you, before you.
It went everywhere,
And ended sin’s thuds.
But woe is he
Who on a cross
Is hanged like a watch.
He bore the cross and woe,
Dissapointed the foe –
Everywhere the cross went,
Leaving a footprint
On our desert land.
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