Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE JEWS WEEPING IN JERUSALEM, by JAMES WALLIS EASTBURN First Line: Why, trembling and sad, dost thou stand there Last Line: And sorrow and sighing shall vanish away. Subject(s): Jerusalem; Jews; Pain; Zionism; Judaism; Suffering; Misery | ||||||||
WHY, trembling and sad, dost thou stand there and mourn, Son of Israel, the days that can never return? And why do those tear-drops of misery fall On the mouldering ruin, the perishing wall? Was yon city, in robes of the heathen now clad, Once the flourishing Zion, where Judah was glad? And those walls, that disjointed and scattered now lie, Were they once vowed to Heaven and hallowed on high? Yet why dost thou mourn? Oh, to gladness awaken! Though Jehovah this city of God has forsaken, He preserves for His people a city more fair, Which a ruthless invader no longer shall share. No longer the tear for your city shall flow; No longer thy bosom the sad sigh bestow; But night shall be followed by glorious day, And sorrow and sighing shall vanish away. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...PARTHENOPHIL AND PARTHENOPHE: MADRIGAL 14 by BARNABE BARNES SONNETS IN SHADOWS: 1 by ARLO BATES IN PRAISE OF PAIN by HEATHER MCHUGH THE SYMPATIZERS by JOSEPHINE MILES LEEK STREET by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR MOUNT HOPE by JAMES WALLIS EASTBURN |
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