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By Henry W. Nevinson

, clerk of Oxford town, Oh, the weary while he lies, Wrapt in his old college gown,
 * Burning, burning till he dies!

And 'tis very surely said, He shall burn when he is dead, All aflame from foot to head.

Stephen said he knew a rose
 * One and two, yea, roses three

Lovelier far than any those
 * Which at service-time we see,

Emblems of atonement done, And of Christ's belovèd One, And of Mary's mystic Son.

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