W. Garrett Horder, comp. The Poets’ Bible: New Testament. 1895.
St. Stephen
Dante Alighieri (c. 12651321)T
Slaying a youth with stones, and crying loud,
One to another, shouting “Kill him, kill.”
And I beheld him, on his knees low-bowed,
To earth bent down, as heavy death drew near,
But evermore his eyes, as Heaven’s gates showed.
And in that strife to Heaven’s high God his prayer
He poured, that He his foes would pardon give,
With look that made men gaze with pitying tear.