Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE MILLENNIUM, by ROBERT POLLOCK


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First Line: The animals, as once in eden, lived
Last Line: And earth kept jubilee a thousand years.
Alternate Author Name(s): Pollok, Robert
Subject(s): Religion; Time; Theology


THE animals, as once in Eden, lived
In peace. The wolf dwelt with the lamb, the bear
And leopard with the ox. With looks of love,
The tiger and the scaly crocodile
Together met, at Gambia's palmy wave.
Perch'd on the eagle's wing, the bird of song,
Singing, arose, and visited the sun;
And with the falcon sat the gentle lark.
The little child leap'd from his mother's arms
And stroked the crested snake, and roll'd unhurt
Among his speckled waves, and wish'd him home;
And sauntering school-boys, slow returning, play'd
At eve about the lion's den, and wove,
Into his shaggy mane, fantastic flowers.
To meet the husbandman, early abroad,
Hasted the deer, and waved its woody head;
And round his dewy steps, the hare, unscared,
Sported, and toy'd familiar with his dog.
The flocks and herds, o'er hill and valley spread
Exulting, cropp'd the ever-budding herb,
The desert blossom'd, and the barren sung.
Justice and Mercy, Holiness and Love,
Among the people walk'd, Messiah reign'd,
And earth kept jubilee a thousand years.





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