Classic and Contemporary Poetry
JUDAH, by GEORGE R. DU BOIS First Line: While the tribes of earth yet in the darkness Last Line: Or tarnish a name unsoiled. Subject(s): Israel; Jews; Judah (bible); Judaism | ||||||||
WHILE the tribes of earth yet in the darkness groped, Ere iron savagery set free, O Judah! had'st thou with science coped In law and poesy. God's chosen people, thy songs are sung In the great world to-day; In every clime, in every tongue, Thy name shall last for aye! Since time began, yea, when the earth We're told was very young, Fair Judah flourished and gave birth To wise men who have sung Psalms wherein human longings bring Home to each heart to-day The unspoken hope, the desire to cling To a Higher Power alway. Strong nations rise at last to fall Beneath the strokes of Fate; But Judah rises like a wall Invincible 'gainst hate. Two thousand years have not sufficed, Tho' of Fatherland despoiled, To destroy the race by all despised, Or tarnish a name unsoiled. | 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 WHITE NOCTURNE by CONRAD AIKEN OF DISTRESS BEING HUMILIATED BY THE CLASSICAL CHINESE POETS by HAYDEN CARRUTH |
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