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On Dürer’s Etching of Pilate Washing His Hands () Arrogant young flesh kneels to his calm power, Proffering ewer and laver. This world’s prince, Impassive Pilate listens to whispered slander. One, leading Jesus off, looks back in doubt. Familiar faces, known in every time, They think too much of life and not of death. The present claims them wholly. Your word seems Too hard for them: that still your kingdom is, Still, though men fill the earth, not of this world.  You are reading copyrighted material published by Ohio University Press/Swallow Press. Unauthorized posting, copying, or distributing of this work except as permitted under U.S. copyright law is illegal and injures the author and publisher. ...

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