Classic and Contemporary Poetry
EE-CHOVOUD, by SAMPSON RAPHAEL HIRSCH Poet's Biography First Line: How long, o lord! How long Last Line: For 'tis long, o father; oh, how long! Subject(s): Despair; Israel; Jews; Zionism; Judaism | ||||||||
HOW long, O Lord! how long, Lonely and sad 'mid the world's great throng, Shall we of the waters of bitterness drink? Our cup is filled with gall to the brink; Our shoulders are bent and our foreheads bowed, Ine covoud lonoo, ee-chovoud. Ee-chovoud, Lord, ee-chovoud! Thy beautiful world is to us as a shroud; For our feet no earth, for our breath no air, Wrong and contumely our daily fare, Thou Raiser of lowly, Righter of wrong, How long, O Lord, oh! how long? How long? Lord, how long Shall the weak lie under the wheel of the strong? God of justice, and love and grace Find for Thy homeless a resting-place. Black waters surround us, our sky is in cloud, Ine covoud lonco, ee-chovoud. Ee-chovoud, Father, ee-chovoud! In that word all our wrongs and our sufferings crowd, Thou hast promised the clouds shall rend and lift, Make, God of the mighty and helpless, a rift! Keep our souls from fainting, our faith hold strong, For 'tis long, O Father; oh, how long! | 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 VARIATIONS ON A THEME: ROMANCE by EDITH SITWELL THE VOYAGE TO VINLAND: 3. GUDRIDA'S PROPHECY by JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL |
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