English poem
The Way of the World
by James Jeffrey Roche (1847–1908)
The hands of the King are soft and fair They never knew labor’s strain The hands of the Robber redly wear The bloody brand of Cain. But the hands of the Man are hard and scarred With the scars of toil and pain.
The slaves of Pilate have washed his hands As white as a kings might be. Barrabas with wrists unfettered stands For the world has made him free. But Thy palms toil-worn by nails are torn, O Christ, on Calvary.