Epic poem · 1891

The Light of the World

or, The Great Consummation

by Sir Edwin Arnold

Arnold's blank-verse life of Christ, told by Mary Magdalene to a visiting Indian sage in her house at Magdala, from the Nativity to the Resurrection.

Contents · 9 parts

• Proem8 lines
• At Bethlehemabout 680 lines
• Book I. Mary Magdaleneabout 880 lines
• Book II. The Magusabout 510 lines
• Book III. The Alabaster Boxabout 640 lines
• Book IV. The Parablesabout 560 lines
• At Tyreabout 140 lines
• Book V. The Love of God and Manabout 850 lines
• Book VI. The Great Consummationabout 740 lines

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