Saul by Robert Browning, 45 pages
In Saul Browning portrays a moment in time. The old king has been brought to the brink of the Great Mystery, and has shrunk back defeated, crushed by the immensity of the Divine. The shepherd boy is brought to him, to soothe him, as he has before, with his gentle pastoral songs and psalms. The young David, through Saul's dark despair, is likewise forced to contemplate the Sublime, but unlike Saul he finds the twist that turns life's tragedy into comedy.
...O Saul, it shall be
A Face like my face that receives thee, a Man like to me...
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