The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1882-07-02
THE LEGEND OF JUDAS rscARror

,Ttvas tho roni ~ Judas Isosrlot
t,ookcd ON n in iesnair.
me word oroath came ana went
prop Inv dron on tho eves n, Tho world
The deys fcii cool and b,cst
Then tho soul ut Judas lscarlot
, I will bntv underneath tho ground
Nv aesb and bIood and homo
WIN bury " deep boneath tho SOIL,
A,d whom Tho ,,o,, aud ,ovo, oo,ro
ri,o,, o,,,,o, ,,,u Ia ro,o
Tho stones OF TINS held are sharp ne steel,
ArdTvw c,,rv ,,,v bcdv borco
rrr,,ir a,d a spo, y,
Twas the soul OF Judas IscarIot,
p,,sod ,,,o ,,dv a, trd,, Tscs,,o,
Al co,,,od =, "a, ,v,v
As the soul OF Judas Iscarlot
Tho ovo =, uc.yor Al, ,poro,,r
To nod down ,h,orcb /, ,,,,na,ro raj,
The first place that no came unto
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Add 10, d., 80 a.,
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The next place that he came unto
A, ,r,,or I no oa., ~, IT, ,,o,, 4,
n eo,to, uch, n. ,vo,,
He drew the corpse upon his back.
Ala tho ,o,, ,,,on no o,,,o,, ,,,
Wa o,o,s ,,,,o, I'm
a cross upon windy hill,
,n,oo soon,,r,, or,,ros ,,,nn ,,,or,o,
,yho nm, heor cr,c,oo,
And on the middle cross.bat sat
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Aud underneath the middle cross
Ard Tho son, n, .yuIas ,oc,,,o,
stoo,, 40 n ,,,,,,, ,,,.,
For days and nights he glided on
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For days and nights he wandered on
An, ,,,a ,,a,,,, ,ro,,, ,,, M. ,,,,,
An, ,ho lave ,,,a ,,i,,,,r sno,,
Twas the soul Of Judas Iscariot
Alone ,,,,, ali III it.
Alone Il, i, ,o,o,,, ,,,.aa,
lie wandered east, he wandered west,
ro, con,rr,os a., r,,", au,, 80
10 ,,,a,,,a,o,, -, ,.,
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For centuries, In grief and tears,
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Twas the soul Of Judas Iscariot
Ana Tho r,,n o,n,o ,,, 49,, .,,,
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For days and nights he struggled on,
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Twas the soul OF Judas Iscarot,
stood al, alone nj do,, n, n,o,,,
po,ora ,,,,,,,a,, ,,"", " "'s"'
And the void was white with driving snow,
And tho ,,ood ,ad ,,,,,,,,, .,,a,,. No..
uo,a,,u h,a liz, ,a, 49, "s'
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And the icicles were on the ewes,
Al, a., ,,,,,,,,,. -, 49,
passed oye, ,,,o ,r,nIos,, ,,,,,,
The shadows OF the wedding guests
And tho hodv or .,ud,s Isc,,,o,
Law stretcI,ed unon tho sn,v
Inc pody oil JUDAS lscariot
And the soil, of Judas Iscar,ot
Moved slowly IN aud fro
10 ana iro, and round and round,
A round tbe f,o,on No,,bor, no,o
Glidetb ,be lean white hear
Inc bridegroom sat at the table-head,
:, Oh. who ia that ', tho Rr,dag,oor, s,,d
.,wbose wary feot 7 hooro,,
twas one looked out from the lighted hall,
90 IT'S the soul of midas Isca,,o,
Gliding to and fro,
iMas 'he soui Oh JUDAS iscariot
When he saw the BrIdegroom In tbe door
With virgins Iomp in his hand
ms n'i"eg'oom sloou AZ me open door,
And within the feast Of Rodv and p,ood
Was spread 60 broad and bright
inc bridegroom shaded his eyes and looked,
" Judas love thee stllI, and what
Would st thou ask OF God p, said lie.
A., ~, "s s"Uo,o .''eu o". wi''ih-
- scoufge the wicked soul OF lscariot
Away into the night
Twas t,o sou, NJ .Irdos ,sc,,,o,
stood b,ocI aud rad and hare.
nave wandered hopeless night ana day.
Ivan ""' ho "s"' o'se"he'e'
The bridegroom stood I'm the omen door.
And ho waved hand calm and slow:
The air seemed thick with snow.
And of every a,ls If ,,,,,r, srov
pa,a,o a, ..a,'a, A.
"o'o'o !" ''"o"c" 'he Biouiiu,
Ihere came dove; and million doves
Scattered Gods music around,
And the body OF Judas IscarIot