Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, GETHSEMANE, by CHARLES TENNYSON TURNER


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GETHSEMANE, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Pursing his traitor lips he onward went
Last Line: The sin he worked with, nor its curse removed.
Subject(s): Gethsemane; Jesus Christ; Judas Iscariot (d. 30 A.d.)


Pursing his traitor lips he onward went,
The Apostle, with those harsh official men -
All on one cruel baleful thought intent,
To hunt the Lamb up from His sheltering glen,
O cruel conclave! where those murderers met;
O vile night-market! where our Lord was sold
Among the sad gray olives, in His sweat,
Just risen from that awful prayer; behold!
They lead Him forth, the Victim long foretold
To climb, like Isaac, up the fated hill:
And so God wrought Redemption - fold in fold
With hate and guile He wrapt His holy will,
Yet left that will still holy - nor approved
The sin He worked with, nor its curse removed.





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