Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE POETS OF OLD ISRAEL, by JOHN VANCE CHENEY Poet's Biography First Line: Old israel's readers of the stars Last Line: Abides, quenchless forevermore. Subject(s): Books; God; Israel; Jews; Poetry & Poets; Reading; Judaism | ||||||||
OLD Israel's readers of the stars, I love them best. Musing, they read, In embers of the heavenly hearth, High truths were never learned below. They asked not of the barren sands, They questioned not that stretch of death; But upward from the humble tent They took the stairway of the hills; Upward they climbed, bold in their trust, To pluck the glory of the stars, Faith falters, knowledge does not know, Fast, one by one, the phantoms fade; But that strange light, unwavering love, Grasped from the lowered hand of God, Abides, quenchless forevermore. | 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 MAN WITH THE HOE'; A REPLY by JOHN VANCE CHENEY |
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