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CHRIST, THE NAZARENE by CONSTANCE CAROLINE WOODHILL NADEN

First Line: THE COPYIST GROUP WAS GATHERED ROUND
Last Line: "THE FACE OF CHRIST, THE NAZARENE?"
Subject(s): JESUS CHRIST;
THE copyist group was gathered round
A time-worn fresco, world-renowned,
Whose central glory once had been
The face of Christ, the Nazarene.

And every copyist of the crowd
With his own soul that face endowed,
Gentle, severe, majestic, mean;
But which was Christ, the Nazarene?

Then one who watched them made complaint,
And marvelled, saying, "Wherefore paint
Till ye be sure your eyes have seen
The face of Christ, the Nazarene?"





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