thorn-crowned

There, heaven-tall, earth-wide, hung the stranger on the crimson cross, riven and bloodstained, with thorn-crowned head and pierced hands.

DARKWATER W.E.B. DU BOIS 2004

(The goldfinch, which feeds on thistle seeds, foreshadows Christ's thorn-crowned passion.)

Old Italian Masterworks Made Young 2009

Woe to me if I should prove myself but a halfhearted soldier in the service of my thorn-crowned Captain.

St. Fidelis Dymphna 2005

Woe to me if I should prove myself but a halfhearted soldier in the service of my thorn-crowned Captain.

Archive 2005-08-01 Dymphna 2005

To bend His thorn-crowned Head in mute forgiveness ...

Artemis to Actaeon and Other Verse 1995

He fired therefore, and at the same moment the Saviour on the cross raised His head and, fixing on him His eyes full of tears, gave him a look which pierced him to the very marrow, and that terrified him far more than the lightning which, flashing from his forehead, set fire to his house, whilst the thorn-crowned countenance seemed to float before him, and he knew that this was his punishment.

Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 27, June, 1873 Various

She lingered weakly there, within the restful room, for seven days, and then one morning we found her with her eyes upon the thorn-crowned face, her own quite still and smiling.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 106, August, 1866 Various

Above, the veils were drawn back from the great visions of Rubens, and the fresh rays of the sunrise touched the thorn-crowned head of God.

Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 4 Charles Herbert Sylvester

With arms outstretched and drooping, thorn-crowned head,

Miscellany of Poetry 1919 Various 1931

Only a thorn-crowned, bleeding Christ could win the adoration of the world.

Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Hubbard, Elbert, 1856-1915 1916