Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Hast Thou No Scar by Amy Carmichael


Amy Carmichael -- Hast Thou No Scar?

Hast thou no scar?
No hidden scar on foot, or side, or hand?
I hear thee sung as mighty in the land,
I hear them hail thy bright ascendant star,
Hast thou no scar?

Hast thou no wound?
Yet, I was wounded by the archers, spent.
Leaned me against the tree to die, and rent
By ravening beasts that compassed me, I swooned:
Hast thou no wound?

No wound? No scar?
Yet as the Master shall the servant be,
And pierced are the feet that follow Me;
But thine are whole. Can he have followed far
Who has no wound nor scar?


One of my all time favorite poems.
GHT

4 comments:

  1. Always loved this poem, heard it some 15 to 20 years and memorised most of it but was lost for some of the correct words since I heard it recited on a tape. o very happy to be able to see it here in full and know that I have the questionable words accurate. Thank you muchly.

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  3. Thank you, very powerful! Together with the picture as its background?
    I will properly site the source and the reference.
    Thanks!

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