Excerpt from The Youth of Messiah The Youth of Messiah Material supposed to have been found in an ancient manuscript, newly discovered I Of all things worshipful, scarce a breath Had graced the village of Nazareth; Too far from Zion for Judah's mould, By heathen tainted but not controlled; Yet even those clouds that her skies confuse, Might robe them after in tenderer hues. But Joseph and Mary there unblamed Had dwelt, nor them had their offspring shamed; And least their firstborn, patriot-named; Whom, yearning over his tribe enthralled, The sire, high-aiming, had Jesus called, As a prayer for return of ancient fame, Renewing the primal conquerors name, Who wrested the land from usurpers old. And he grew before them, bright and bold; They watched and wondered, as year led year, If mind or hand were to cast his sphere. To thought and teaching, none like him bent, But endeavor no less was element. No young unfolding of spirit bloom More deep of the glory drank and gloom That psalmist or prophet's hallowed page With tempest shadow, with Heaven illume; About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.