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A Song for Mary Magdalene (Author: Pádraic H. Pearse)

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1. 1] O woman of the gleaming hair,
   2] (Wild hair that won men's gaze to thee)
   3] Weary thou turnest from the common stare,
   4] For the shuiler Christ is calling thee.
2. 5] O woman of the Snowy side,
   6] Many a lover hath lain with thee,
   7] Yet left thee sad at the morning tide,
   8] But thy lover Christ shall comfort thee.
3. 9] O woman with the wild thing's heart,
   10] Old sin hath set a snare for thee:
   11] In the forest ways forspent thou art
   12] But the hunter Christ shall pity thee.
4. 13] O woman spendthrift of thyself,
   14] Spendthrift of all the love in thee,
   15] Sold unto sin for little pelf,
   16] The captain Christ shall ransom thee.
5. 17] O woman that no lover's kiss
   18] (Tho' many a kiss was given thee)
   19] Could slake thy love, is it not for this
   20] The hero Christ shall die for thee?