The last and greatest herald of heaven’s King,
Girt with rough skins, hies to the deserts wild,
Among that savage brood the woods forth bring,
Which he than man more harmless found and mild;
His food was blossoms, and what young doth spring,
With honey that from virgin hives distilled;
Parched body, hollow eyes, some uncouth thing
Made him appear, long since from earth exiled.
There burst forth: “All ye whose hopes rely
On God, with me amidst these deserts mourn;
Repent, repent, and from old errors turn.”
Who listened to his voice, obeyed his cry?
Only the echoes which he made relent,
Rung from their marble caves, “Repent, repent.”
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The End
And that’s the End of the Poem
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