Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE NINTH HOUR, by CAROLINE HAZARD


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First Line: After the shameful trial in the hall
Last Line: Said, truly this man was the son of god.
Subject(s): Clergy; Crucifixion; Jesus Christ - Suffering & Sacrifice; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion


After the shameful trial in the hall,
The mocking and the scourging, and the pain
Of Peter's words; to Herod, and again
To Pilate's judgment-seat, the royal pall,
To cross itself, the vinegar and gall;
The thieves close by, discipleship proved vain,
The scoffing crowd, his mother's tears like rain,
There came one moment, bitterest of all.
Yet in that cry, when flesh and spirit failed,
Last effort of the awful way he trod,
Which shook the earth, nor left the temple veiled,
In that exceeding great and bitter cry
Was conquest. The centurion standing by
Said, Truly this man was the Son of God.





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