Richard Watson Gilder - Holy Land lyrics

This is the earth he walked on; not alone That Asian country keeps the sacred stain; 'Tis not alone the far Judaean plain, Mountain and river! Lo, the sun that shone On him shines now on us; when day is gone The moon of Galilee comes forth again And lights our path as his: an endless chain Of years and sorrows makes the round world one. The air we breathe, he breathed,--the very air That took the mould and music of his high And godlike speech.--Since then shall mortal dare With base thought front the ever-sacred sky,-- Soil with foul deed the ground whereon he laid In holy d**h his pale, immortal head!