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Descended to the street;
Full óf forebóding, they with Him have passed
The City-gate. And bý that ruggéd path,
Go down, whích leads towards Bethany. And enter where
An olive-press wás, and open olive-grove.
Their wont being, únto that place to resort;
Dismissed the multitude, which had all day pressed,
On Him: and therein seek their evening rest.
Full óf forebóding, they with Him have passed
The City-gate. And bý that ruggéd path,
Go down, whích leads towards Bethany. And enter where
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Their wont being, únto that place to resort;
Dismissed the multitude, which had all day pressed,
On Him: and therein seek their evening rest.
He, knowing the hour was nigh of his decease:
Withdrawn there, from the Twelve, a little apart;
Him bows, as are men wont, in those East Parts,
To pray; three times, beneath Heavens stars, to Earth:
Submitting wholly, to the Will Divine.
Withdrawn there, from the Twelve, a little apart;
Him bows, as are men wont, in those East Parts,
To pray; three times, beneath Heavens stars, to Earth:
Submitting wholly, to the Will Divine.
Is now night time: Jews' elders and chief priests,
Fearing, by day, the Common Peoples voice:
Which following, with hosannahs, had acclaimed
Him King! have sent their arméd sergeants out:
To take Jeshúa.
Fearing, by day, the Common Peoples voice:
Which following, with hosannahs, had acclaimed
Him King! have sent their arméd sergeants out:
To take Jeshúa.
Their voices harsh and rude;
Already and shoveling feet be heard without.
Jeshûa! hark! sternly importunate those require.
Who are foremost, thrusting in, lay hands on Him:
Him bind: and guarded lead lo! amongst them forth.
And tó the Hebrew City, re-ascend.
Priests there will falsely, of blasphemy, Him arraign.
And having charged, to be an evildoer:
Deliver Him unto the Gentile Power.
Already and shoveling feet be heard without.
Jeshûa! hark! sternly importunate those require.
Who are foremost, thrusting in, lay hands on Him:
Him bind: and guarded lead lo! amongst them forth.
And tó the Hebrew City, re-ascend.
Priests there will falsely, of blasphemy, Him arraign.
And having charged, to be an evildoer:
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