The Spike or Victoria University College Review 1935
Epstein and His Christ—A Farce
Epstein and His Christ—A Farce
Scene I.
Epstein speaks:
I saw Christ in a vision,
In Pilate's judgment hall,
Led up some steps
Along a wall
And left to face the crowd.
I followed close behind Him,
Half-thinking I was Christ:
And when the leader left Him
I found that I was He.
Scene II.
Christ speaks:
My God! Behold me, Epstein's Christ,
Disfigured by the years!
Yes, scoff me, scorn me! Man has made
My crown a crown of tears.
Pandemonium.
The Audience yells:
Crucify him, crucify him!
He is not the Christ we know:
He has no form nor comeliness
That we should desire him.
—Manuel Lima.