Classic and Contemporary Poetry
PSALM: 114, by MYRTILLA E. MITCHELL First Line: When israel from proud egypt's yoke Last Line: Of waters, for his flock. Subject(s): Egypt; God; Jacob (bible); Jews; Judaism | ||||||||
WHEN Israel from proud Egypt's yoke Of bondage first came forth, And the house of Jacob from the land Of strange tongues, in the North. Judah His Sanctuary stood, And Israel proud was His domain, The Sea beheld, and straightway fled, And Jordan backward, drove amain. Like mountains, skipped the wethers, then, Like playful lambs, the mighty hills; Oh Sea! Why flee'st thou about? And, Jordan, whence thy tiny rills? Ye Mountains, that ye skip apace, Ye mighty hills, like tiny sheep; The earth in trembling fears the Lord, For Jacob's God 'tis now ye weep. Who turneth to a watery pool The hard unstable rock, The flint unto a living fount Of waters, for His flock. | 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 |
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