And ’twas the second death, I trow,

To look upon that Saviour now,

And think, what I on earth had done,

To pierce afresh that Holy One

I yearn’d to think ’twas all a dream!

But no—I see him there!

I strove to waken with a scream,

But voices mock’d in air:

I strove to cry—I yearn’d to pray:

And a voice broke in on my wild dismay,