Whatever story of their cruelty, <br />Or nail, or thorn, or spear have writ in Thee, <br />Are in another sense <br />Still legible ; <br />Sweet is the difference : <br />Once I did spell <br />Every red letter <br />A wound of Thine ; <br />Now, what is better, <br />Balsam for mine.<br /><br />Richard Crashaw<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/on-the-still-surviving-marks-of-our-saviour-s/
