Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AT JERUSALEM, by EDNA DEAN PROCTOR Poet's Biography First Line: I stood by the holy city Last Line: The lord is round his own. Alternate Author Name(s): Dean Subject(s): God; Jerusalem | ||||||||
I STOOD by the Holy City, Without the Damascus Gate, While the wind blew soft from the distant sea, And the day was wearing late, And swept its wide horizon With reverent, lingering gaze, From the rolling uplands of the west That slope a hundred ways, To Olivet's gray terraces By Kedron's bed that rise, Upon whose crest the Crucified Was lost to mortal eyes; And, far beyond, to the tawny line Where the sun seemed still to fall So bright the hue against the blue, Of Moab's mountain wall; And north to the hills of Benjamin, Whose springs are flowing yet, Ramah, and sacred Mizpah, Its dome above them set; And the beautiful words of the Psalmist Had meaning before unknown: As the mountains are round Jerusalem The Lord is round His own. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE SCHOOL WHERE I STUDIED by YEHUDA AMICHAI REVELATIONS; CIRCA 1948 by NORMAN DUBIE THE NINTH OF AB by JOHN HOLLANDER JERUSALEM (1) by NAOMI SHIHAB NYE JERUSALEM THE GOLDEN: 78. LUZZATO, PADUA 1727 by CHARLES REZNIKOFF THE KINGDOM OF JERUSALEM by ROBERT DUNCAN REMEMBERING NAT TURNER by STERLING ALLEN BROWN COLUMBUS DYING [MAY 20, 1506] by EDNA DEAN PROCTOR SA-CA-GA-WE-A; THE INDIAN GIRL WHO GUIDED LEWIS AND CLARK by EDNA DEAN PROCTOR |
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