Leisure

Leisure, by William Henry Davies, 1911:
What is this life if, full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare.
No time to stand beneath the boughs
And stare as long as sheep or cows.
No time to see, when woods we pass,
Where squirrels hide their nuts in grass.
No time to see, in broad daylight,
Streams full of stars, [...]

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I crucified Thee

Ah, holy Jesus, by Johann Heerman, 1585-1647:
Ah, holy Jesus,
how hast thou offended,
That man to judge thee
hath in hate pretended?
By foes derided,
by thine own rejected,
O most afflicted.Who was the guilty?
Who brought this upon thee?
Alas, my treason,
Jesus, hath undone thee.
‘Twas I, Lord Jesus,
I it was denied thee:
I crucified thee.Lo, the good Shepherd
for the sheep is offered;
The slave [...]

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