Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE LAST SABBATH LIGHT, by HENRY ROSENBLATT First Line: The last lone sabbath candle sheds Last Line: "and build a star in heaven." Subject(s): Jews; Light; Sabbath; Stars; Judaism; Sunday | ||||||||
THE last lone Sabbath candle sheds Its light as pure as Torah; Three other wicks as black as night Lie spent in the Menorah. Without, the darkness gathers thick; The window panes are frozen "Oh, God, let not for my last breath A pall of gloom be chosen. "On me a mother's tears were shed One evening of each seven; So gather up my dying flame And build a star in heaven." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...DAT GAL O' MINE by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON SUNDAY: NEW GUINEA by KARL SHAPIRO SABBATHS: 2001 by WENDELL BERRY SUNDAYSUNDAYSUNDAYSUNDAYSUNDAY by PAUL BLACKBURN THE SABBATH OF THE SOUL by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD THE UNDERGRADUATE KILLED IN BATTLE; OXFORD, 1915 by GEORGE SANTAYANA |
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