Christianity And Paganism
William Bell Scott 1811 (Edinburgh,) – 1890 (South Ayrshire Council)
ROME. TIME OF THE DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM.
Then face to face the New Faith and the Old,
The new Faith promising endless reign
Beyond the catacombs and martyr's pain;
The mystic doctrines sacraments enfold
The scorn of learning, the contempt of gold.
The Old Faith, fancy's foundling, faith of heart,
Lighting small lamps to Lares, by the art
Of potter or of sculptor bought and sold.
This is the day of Triumph: lo, this hour
Titus the conqueror enters, raised on high
The sacredest of Trophies borne to-day
By brutal soldiers, from them gone the power:
Yet over all the wide world goes the cry,
Awake! ye blind, arise, go hence away!
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 629 |
Words | 114 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 8, 6 |
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