| DENIAL |
 The sheep will also scatter.”Yet Peter vowed: “Though all desert you, I Will never flee, no matterIf I die.”Three times they later pricked him with the goad “You too were of his clan!”Three times the hidden face of weakness showed: “I do not know the man!”--A cock then crowed.Three times the Risen asked his crumbled Rock: “But do you love me too?”Three times the one with keys to Heaven's lock Said: “Lord, you know I do!” “Then feed my flock!” How often we've denied you, Lord, as well-- A thousand times at least!But may we rise like Peter, when he fell, To find a love increasedThat none can quell! |
