. The hermit's Christmas . he Sara-cen who dishonors thy Lordstomb; but thy Lord has biddenthee love the Saracen, and thouhast not heard his voice. Again,thy Lord Christ would have theekindly and tender toward all, bothman and beast; but thou hast leftthy good steed, who has bornethee to thy Lords city and thusfar homeward—thou hast left himlying down yonder with a broken 18 *v The Hermits Christmas r limb and hast not put him out ofhis misery. Wherefore, again,thou dost not know thy Lord; notknowing Him, thou canst havenone of his joy at his birth-feast!Wert thou Christs man, as thoudost wear
. The hermit's Christmas . he Sara-cen who dishonors thy Lordstomb; but thy Lord has biddenthee love the Saracen, and thouhast not heard his voice. Again,thy Lord Christ would have theekindly and tender toward all, bothman and beast; but thou hast leftthy good steed, who has bornethee to thy Lords city and thusfar homeward—thou hast left himlying down yonder with a broken 18 *v The Hermits Christmas r limb and hast not put him out ofhis misery. Wherefore, again,thou dost not know thy Lord; notknowing Him, thou canst havenone of his joy at his birth-feast!Wert thou Christs man, as thoudost wear Christs cross, thouwouldst ere this have cared forthy beast! At that the knight leaped tohis feet. By this cross, he cried, butthou art a bold man, Sir Her-mit! His sword was in his hermit made no move. Theothers sat watching the shiningblade. The knight caught thehermits eye, hesitated, droppedhis sword with a clatter, andturned and strode down the pathout of sight. The hermit turned to the mer-chant. ^Jj Uj L.
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