Of David! Should they hold their peace Hosanna to the Son The very stones beneath us would cry THE DAUGHTER. A great multitude of people Fills all the street; and riding on an ass Comes one of noble aspect, like a king! The people spread their garments in the way, And scatter branches of the palm trees! VOICES. Blessed Is He that cometh in the name of the When Rabban Simeon, upon whom quickness. borders of their garments, and they love The uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats In Synagogues, and greetings in the markets, And when his mother came, and said: And to be called of all men Rabbi, Behold Rabbi! This brawler is no Jew, "Who is this Exhorting in the outer courts so loudly?" he is a vile The weightier matters of the law of God, Samaritan, and hath an unclean spirit! Judgment and faith and mercy; and all these The outside of the cup and of the platter, But they within are full of all excess! And ye would not! house is left And are these Jews that throng and Unto you desolate! stare and listen? CHRISTUS. Behold, your THE PEOPLE. This is a Prophet! Woe unto you, ye Scribes and Phari- This is the Christ that was to come! That ye are children of them that killed One of you shall betray me. the Prophets! Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers. 190 THE DISCIPLES. Is it I? I send unto you Prophets and Wise Lord, is it I? Men, And Scribes, and some ye crucify, and CHRISTUS. 211 Ay, thou hast said. And that thou doest, do quickly. JUDAS ISCARIOT, going out. Ah, woe is me! 220 |