Those hands that healed the sick now pierced with nails, Those feet that wandered homeless through the world Now crossed and bleeding, and at rest forever! And the three faithful Maries, overwhelmed By this great sorrow, kneeling, praying, weeping! O Joseph Caiaphas, thou great HighPriest, 630 How wilt thou answer for this deed of blood? SCRIBES and ELDERS. Thou that destroyest the Temple, and dost build it In three days, save thyself; and if thou be The Son of God, come down now from the cross. CHIEF PRIESTS. Others he saved, himself he cannot save! Let Christ the King of Israel de scend That we may see and believe! O Nazarene! I find thee here at last! Thou art no more a phantom unto me! This is the end of one who called himself 650 The Son of God! Such is the fate of those Who preach new doctrines. 'Tis not what he did, But what he said, hath brought him unto this. I will speak evil of no dignitaries. This is my hour of triumph, Nazarene! THE YOUNG RULER. This is the end of him who said to me. Sell that thou hast, and give unto the poor! This is the treasure in heaven he promised me! Fear not; ye are seeking Jesus of Nazareth, which was crucified. Why do ye seek the living among the dead? He is no longer here; he is arisen! Come see the place where the Lord lay! Remember How He spake unto you in Galilee, Saying: The Son of Man must be delivered Into the hands of sinful men; by them Be crucified, and the third day rise again! But go your way, and say to his disciples, He goeth before you into Galilee ; There shall ye see Him as He said to you. MARY, MOTHER OF JAMES. I will go swiftly for them. MARY MAGDALENE, alone, weeping. They have taken My Lord away from me, and now I know not XII THE SEA OF GALILEE NATHANAEL, in the ship. All is now ended. And I have seen Him. I have seen the print Of nails upon his hands, and thrust my hands Into his side. I know He is arisen; But where are now the kingdom and the glory He promised unto us? We have all dreamed That we were princes, and we wake to find We are but fishermen. Fishers of men ! PETER. Who should have been JOHN. We have come back again To the old life, the peaceful life, 710 among The white towns of the Galilean lake. |