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- Then from on high a hierarch
Came down on low, the royal Monarch;
Struck with fright was that patriarch
By the sign on which he gazed. - Bearing the marks of Christ the Lord,
He on Francis those scars conferred,
Who stayed the while, with grieving heart,
Silent, by the Passion dazed. - Thus was that holy body signed;
To hand and foot were wounds consigned;
Transfixed appeared the right-hand side,
That all the while blood had dyed. - Words exchanged, much the future hid
Was clear; the saint could see amid
So much the meaning of things said,
By mystic breath of insight. - Now awesome nails came into sight,
Outside black-hued, flame-hued inside;
Fierce piercing pain did him betide,
As sharp points excruciate. - No instruments of skill were used
To carve out those limbs’ apertures;
Nor were the dug out holes nature’s,
Nor from mallet’s cruel weight. - By the signs of the Cross you wore,
Through which the world you triumphed over,
Through which you quelled the carnal foe
In a victory renowned, - Let us, Francis, be safeguarded,
Shield in hardship be afforded,
So that we may be rewarded,
In celestial glory crowned. - Loving father, holy father,
Devout people, with your succor,
Companioned by throngs of brothers,
May they gain their longed-for prize. - Partners make in life supernal,
Those who formed through your example;
May the flock, your own Friars Minor,