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The Stations of the Cross

The Thirteenth Station:
Jesus is taken down from the cross

Always the same hills

Crowd the horizon,

Remote witnesses

Of the still scene.

And in the foreground

The tall Cross,

Sombre, untenanted,

Aches for the Body

That is back in the cradle

Of a maid's arms.

(R.S. Thomas, Pieta)

 

Reprinted with permission of Dominic Barrington and Paul Kennington.

Last update: March 17, 2006