Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, RALLYING SONG, by JESSIE E. SAMPTER


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First Line: My people, my people! Arise, o bleeding east
Last Line: To consecrate her name.
Subject(s): Freedom; Israel; Jews; Zionism; Liberty; Judaism


MY people, my people! Arise, O bleeding East,
Arise in the Westlands, you fools that blindly feast!
The nations call again
For faith, for deeds, for men,
Yet we that rise
When Israel cries
Are less than one in ten.

My brothers, my brothers! O wand'ring aimless horde,
A clarion from Zion is speaking for the Lord!
The thund'ring heavens command:
"Arise a mighty band;
With heart and voice
Make now the choice,
And straightly seek your land."

My heroes, my heroes, whose hearts and lives are free,
Arise and be counted that all the world may see!
Those ancient fields reclaim
Whence Israel's splendor came,
And win and hold
Our land of old
To consecrate her name.





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