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 He does not bend his head to hear
 * The Burial Office read,

Nor, while the terror of his soul
 * Tells him he is not dead,

Cross his own coffin, as he moves
 * Into the hideous shed.

He does not stare upon the air
 * Through a little roof of glass:

He does not pray with lips of clay
 * For his agony to pass;

Nor feel upon his shuddering cheek
 * The kiss of Caiaphas.

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