But
was I the first martyr who
Gave
up no more than life, while you,
Already
free among the dead,
Your
rags stripped off, your fetters shed,
Surrendered
what all other men
Irrevocably
keep, and when
Your
battered ship at anchor lay
Seemingly
safe in the dark bay
No
ripple stirs, obediently
Put
out a second time to sea
Well
knowing that your death (in vain
Died
once) must all be died again?
--C. S. Lewis, Stephen to Lazarus
Image source: Raising
of Lazarus, S. Apollinare Nuovo, 6th c., https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raising_of_Lazarus#/media/File:S._Apollinare_Nuovo_Resurr_Lazzaro.jpg
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