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Margarete Münsterberg, ed., trans. A Harvest of German Verse. 1916.

By Lamb of God

Nikolaus Decius (1485–1541)

LAMB of God, innocent

Slaughtered upon the Tree,

With patience never spent,

Though scorned so cruelly:

All sin, Thou, Lord, dost bear,

Else we must all despair.

Have mercy on us, Jesus!