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Epiphany 6
Poems
A GOSPEL TREASURY
Poems Based on Lectionary Gospels
A leper came to Jesus,
a living man, yet dead.
He asked the Lord to cleanse him.
'If you will, you can,' he said.
And Jesus said, 'I will it.'
and drove him not away.
Then, touching the untouchable,
he stopped the dread decay.
'See to it,' Jesus told him,
'You tell no man at all.
But go and show the priest
that you have no mark or gall.
so he can certify you
that leprosy is gone.
Then make the gift that Moses claimed,
and lo, it all is done.'
The leper left, rejoicing
a living man, yet dead.
He asked the Lord to cleanse him.
'If you will, you can,' he said.
And Jesus said, 'I will it.'
and drove him not away.
Then, touching the untouchable,
he stopped the dread decay.
'See to it,' Jesus told him,
'You tell no man at all.
But go and show the priest
that you have no mark or gall.
so he can certify you
that leprosy is gone.
Then make the gift that Moses claimed,
and lo, it all is done.'
The leper left, rejoicing
