Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE WATCH BY NIGHT, by EMMA LEE GLENN


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THE WATCH BY NIGHT, by                    
First Line: Centurion, centurion
Last Line: Could keep immanuel from his throne.
Subject(s): Guard Duty; Watchmen


Centurion, Centurion,
Pray tell us what you guarded there;
"I guarded well a wrapped form
With pallid face and shining hair."

Centurion, Centurion,
Now tell us what did Romans say
When in the early morning light
They found the stone rolled away;

All through the watches of the night
My lonely vigil well I kept—
And then they said, "Disciples came
And stole His body while I slept."

Centurion, Centurion,
What wot you of that sealed stone?
Oh, then I knew nor kings nor priests
Could keep Immanuel from His throne.





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