Versos English Florence Earle Coates The Martyr Jews

English poem

The Martyr Jews

by (1850–1927)

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Yet thou in death—even in death, didst pray:— "Father, forgive! They know not what they do!" But what of those, more culpable than they— Oh, more than they, untrue, Who, in thy name, dear Christ! have tortured men, And crucified thee countless times since then?