| W. Garrett Horder, comp. The Poets’ Bible: New Testament. 1895. | | | | Saul the Persecutor Journeying to Damascus | | Thomas Roscoe (1791–1871) |
| | | WHOSE is that sword—that voice and eye of flame— | |
| That heart of inextinguishable ire? | |
| Who bears the dungeon keys, and bonds, and fire? | |
| Along his dark and withering path he came— | |
| Death in his looks, and terror in his name, | 5 |
| Tempting the might of heaven’s eternal Sire. | |
| Lo! The light shone!—the sun’s veiled beams expire— | |
| A Saviour’s self a Saviour’s lips proclaim! | |
| Whose is yon form, stretched on the earth’s cold bed, | |
| With smitten soul and tears of agony, | 10 |
| Mourning the past? Bowed is the lofty head— | |
| Rayless the orbs that flashed with victory. | |
| Over the raging waves of human will | |
| The Saviour’s spirit walked—and all was still. | | | | |
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