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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
HABAKKUK'S PRAYER, by WILLIAM BROOME Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Yet though the fig-tree should no burden bear Last Line: The everlasting god, the mighty king of kings. Subject(s): Jews; Prayer; Judaism | |||
YET though the fig-tree should no burden bear, Though vines delude the promise of the year; Yet though the olive should not yield her oil, Nor the parch'd glebe reward the peasant's toil; Though the tired ox beneath his labors fall, And herds in millions perish from the stall; Yet shall my grateful strings Forever praise Thy name; Forever Thee proclaim The everlasting God, the mighty King of kings. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE RABBI'S SON-IN-LAW by SABINE BARING-GOULD A LITTLE HISTORY by DAVID LEHMAN FOR I WILL CONSIDER YOUR DOG MOLLY by DAVID LEHMAN JEWISH GRAVEYARDS, ITALY by PHILIP LEVINE NATIONAL THOUGHTS by YEHUDA AMICHAI SOUNDS OF THE RESURRECTED DEAD MAN'S FOOTSTEPS (#3): 2. ANGEL ... by MARVIN BELL THE ROSE-BUD; TO A YOUNG LADY by WILLIAM BROOME |
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