The Rhine was red with human blood, The Danube rolled a purple tide, On the Euphrates Satan stood, And over Asia stretched his pride.
He withered up sweet Zion's Hill From every Nation of the Earth; He withered up Jerusalem's Gates, And in a dark Land gave her birth.
He withered up the human Form By laws of sacrifice for sin, Till it became a Mortal Worm, But O! translucent all within.
The Divine Vision still was seen, Still was the Human Form Divine, Weeping in weak and mortal clay, O Jesus, still the Form was thine.
And thine the Human Face, and thine The Human Hands and Feet and Breath, Entering through the Gates of Birth And passing through the Gates of Death.