Day 17: The Saviour of the World {National Poetry Month & 30 Day Blog Challenge}

I have a moment and I have a post idea; better get it put down! I think when this 30 day blog challenge is done, I'm taking a summer break from blogging! Maybe. Maybe not.

Today I am thinking of Charlotte Mason's The Saviour of the World. You can find it at Charlotte Mason Poetry, thanks to Art Middlekauf. I have only read a portion of it as I was helping at one point to type it out. It was mentioned at the AO forum recently and that, I think, is what brought it mind; that and it's National Poetry Month. What better poetry than dealing with the Gospel?

This work of Charlotte Mason is six volumes {as is her Home Education Series; interesting, no?} and is essentially a poetry paraphrase of the Gospels. I think, although I've not read much of it, she keeps the accounts together rather than separating them as they are in the different accounts. Such as when writing about the teaching by parables, she references "St. Matthew xiii. 10-17, St. Mark iv. 10-12, St. Luke viii. 9, 10." I rather like that.

Here is a small portion of her poetic work:

The "sower" explained. 1. The Wayside 

St. Matthew xiii. 18.
St. Mark iv. 15.
St. Luke viii. 12. 

THE Son of man goes forth to sow:
The Word of God, the seed;
He scatters free with liberal hand, --
No sourest barren patch of land
But gets a generous meed. 

- volume 3, p. 52

It's really beautifully done. I have a difficult time reading poetry {sometimes} but none whatsoever when reading Charlotte Mason's The Saviour of the World. Hmmm, I'm thinking I may try to put the pdf formatted Volume 1 on my Kindle and read it.