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Christ's Capture In The Garden A Paraphrase
When shrouded by the darkness of the earth,
And soon to pass away from human sight;
Thus spake the Wisdom, born of heavenly birth,
Which was before the world, of men the Light.
And soon to pass away from human sight;
Thus spake the Wisdom, born of heavenly birth,
Which was before the world, of men the Light.
“Why come ye forth as 'gainst a thief, with swords,
When daily in the Temple I have taught?
Have ye not listened to God's gracious words,
Which to a sinful world salvation brought?
When daily in the Temple I have taught?
Have ye not listened to God's gracious words,
Which to a sinful world salvation brought?
“Why stretched ye forth no hands against me then,
When, in your sight and hearing, there I stood?
Was it because ye stood in fear of men?
But thus it was to prove the Scriptures good.
When, in your sight and hearing, there I stood?
Was it because ye stood in fear of men?
But thus it was to prove the Scriptures good.
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“This is your hour! The covert gloom of night
Is the fit time for violence and wrong;
The evil hide them from the morning light,
And, leagued with Darkness, only are they strong.
Is the fit time for violence and wrong;
The evil hide them from the morning light,
And, leagued with Darkness, only are they strong.
“The children of the Light do wisdom love,
And gladly listen to her holy word;
The evil hate the light, which doth reprove,
And 'gainst the righteous draw the bloody sword.”
And gladly listen to her holy word;
The evil hate the light, which doth reprove,
And 'gainst the righteous draw the bloody sword.”
Poem No. 793; c. May 1861
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