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Cleopas.
Alas who knows? He showed us many things
Which we perceived but dimly, for weak eyes
Wink at the light and see it in a haze.
We cannot tell. He said he was the life,
Yet he saw death. He came to be our light,
And we grope in the darkness, crying out
To know which way we tend, and none replies,
Nor takes our hand to set us in the path.
The other Disciple.
Aye, we may weep. We seemed to have a hope
For Israel and for us. And lo! the strength
Of Satan has been stronger than Christ's strength.
We are given over to our sins and death,
God will not pity us. He has looked down
On Israel's stubbornness, and turns aside
His purposed blessing from us. Jesus came
And said, "Be happy, be the sons of God."
And Israel answered "Nay, but we will have
The yoke that is too heavy and the pain
That is too sharp. We will not come to thee
For life, but we will live our life and die."
And Israel answered "Nay but thy sweet words
Are bitter in our ears because of sin.
Depart from us, be dumb among the dead."
And so they slew him. Oh! our Master slain
With the transgressors! And the promise given
For ages and for ages, Israel's hope
And consolation, marred in the very hour
Of its fulfillment! Now shall men drudge on
For ever in the same unhopeful round,
Sadder than sunless days, for Christ is slain
Who was the Sun of lives.
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A Woman Sold
Bartimaeus
Judas
Pilate
The Walk To Emmaus
A Bride
A March Night
A Messenger
A Mother's Cry
A Wedding
Afterwards
Dead Amy
Deserted
Dreaming
Glad Waves
Going
How The Brook Sings
If
In The Storm
In The Sunshine
Looking Downstairs
Mary Lost
Never Again
Night Whispers
On The Lake
On The Shore
Our Lily
Passing Away
Perjured
Safe
Shadow
Sunlight
The Blush Rose
The Gift
The Heiress' Wooer
The Hidden Wound
The Lake
The Land Of Happy Dreams
The Old Year Out
The Red Star On The Hill
The River
The Setting Star
The Shadow Of A Cloud
To And Fro
To One Of Many
Too faithful
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