Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, "HEAR, O ISRAEL!: 1", by ANONYMOUS


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"HEAR, O ISRAEL!: 1", by                    
First Line: "hear, o israel! And plead my cause against the ungodly nation"
Last Line: Wakened 'midst the struggle of death
Subject(s): Freedom;israel; Liberty


Hear, O Israel! and plead my cause against the ungodly nation!
'Midst the terrible conflict of Love and Peace, I departed from thee, my people, and spread my tent
of many colors in the land of Egypt.
In their crimson and fine linen I girded my white form.
Sapphires gleamed their purple light from out the darkness of my hair.
The silver folds of their temple foot-cloth was spread beneath my sandaled feet.
Thus I slumbered through the daylight.
Slumbered 'midst the vapor of sin,
Slumbered 'midst the battle and din,
Wakened 'midst the strangle of breath,
Wakened 'midst the struggle of death!





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