Christus: A Mystery
Longfellow's trilogy on the Christian ages: the Divine Tragedy, the Golden Legend, the New England Tragedies.
Contents
Introitus115 linesVox Clamantis104 linesMount Quarantania83 linesThe Marriage in Cana148 linesIn the Cornfields83 linesNazareth185 linesThe Demoniac of Gadara116 linesTalitha Cumi53 linesThe Tower of Magdala84 linesThe House of Simon the Pharisee69 linesBefore the Gates of Machaerus50 linesHerod's Banquet-Hall134 linesUnder the Walls of Machaerus78 linesNicodemus at Night108 linesBlind Bartimeus96 linesJacob's Well113 linesThe Coasts of Caesarea Philippi169 linesThe Young Ruler83 linesAt Bethany43 linesBorn Blind116 linesSimon Magus and Helen of Tyre183 linesThe Entry into Jerusalem105 linesSolomon's Porch215 linesThe Garden of Gethsemane83 linesThe Palace of Caiaphas144 linesPontius Pilate57 linesBarabbas in PrisonAABCCB · 61 linesEcce Homo98 linesAceldama40 linesThe Three Crosses63 linesThe Two Maries42 linesThe Sea of Galilee130 linesSymbolum Apostolorum23 linesThe Abbot Joachim163 linesThe Spire of Strasburg Cathedral79 linesThe Castle of Vautsberg on the Rhine339 linesCourt-Yard of the Castle172 linesA Farm in the Odenwald245 linesA Room in the Farm-House33 linesEvening Song137 linesElsie's Chamber24 linesThe Chamber of Gottlieb and Ursula161 linesA Village Church330 linesA Room in the Farm-House36 linesAnd the giver!9 linesIn the Garden46 linesA Street in Strasburg184 linesSquare in Front of the Cathedral119 linesIn the Cathedral60 linesIntroitus444 linesThe Road to Hirschau207 linesThe ScriptoriumAABB · 78 linesThe Cloisters113 linesThe Chapel76 linesThe Refectory293 linesThe Neighboring NunneryAABB · 228 linesA Covered Bridge at Lucerne101 linesThe Devil's Bridge107 linesAt the Foot of the Alps159 linesThe Inn at Genoa83 linesAt Sea81 linesThe School of Salerno298 linesThe Farm-House in the Odenwald149 linesThe Castle of Vautsberg on the Rhine94 linesThe Two Recording Angels Ascending79 linesMartin Luther194 linesJohn Endicott8 linesWenlock Christison, Edith, His Daughter, Edward Wharton Quakers, Assistants, Halberdiers, Marshal, Etc2111 linesGiles Corey of the Salem Farms446 linesAct II200 linesAct II: Good morrow639 linesAct IV612 linesAct IV: Saint John83 lines
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