This Book is written by Arthur Osborne.
You bade me lay down my life for your sake, Lord Christ,
I have laid it here at your feet.
Is it nothing but a soiled rag
That you do not deign to accept it,
That you do not stoop down and raise it?
What now am I to do, despised and rejected of you, Lord Christ?He who lays down his life for your sake
Shall find it, you said. I have not bargained,
I have not come as a merchant, Lord Christ, I
have not asked to find.
Only I have laid down my life.
What now am I to do, despised and rejected of you, Lord Christ?You bade me come as your bride, Lord Christ.
I tore my love from others,
I came alone through the night,
With much toil I am here,
And you have let me stand
Loveless and unloved before you.
What now am I to do, despised and rejected of you, Lord Christ?