Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE WILD GAZELLE, by GEORGE GORDON BYRON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The wild gazelle on judah's hills Last Line: And mockery sits on salem's throne. Alternate Author Name(s): Byron, Lord; Byron, 6th Baron Subject(s): Jews; Judaism | ||||||||
THE wild gazelle on Judah's hills Exulting yet may bound, And drink from all the living rills That gush on holy ground; Its airy step and glorious eye May glance in tameless transport by. A step as fleet, an eye more bright, Hath Judah witness'd there; And o'er her scenes of lost delight Inhabitants more fair. The cedars wave on Lebanon, But Judah's statelier maids are gone! More blest each palm that shades those plains Than Israel's scatter'd race; For, taking root, it there remains In solitary grace: It cannot quit its place of birth, It will not live in other earth. But we must wander witheringly, In other lands to die; And where our fathers' ashes be, Our own may never lie; Our temple hath not left a stone, And Mockery sits on Salem's throne. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE RABBI'S SON-IN-LAW by SABINE BARING-GOULD A LITTLE HISTORY by DAVID LEHMAN FOR I WILL CONSIDER YOUR DOG MOLLY by DAVID LEHMAN JEWISH GRAVEYARDS, ITALY by PHILIP LEVINE NATIONAL THOUGHTS by YEHUDA AMICHAI SOUNDS OF THE RESURRECTED DEAD MAN'S FOOTSTEPS (#3): 2. ANGEL ... by MARVIN BELL ALL IS VANITY, SAITH THE PREACHER' by GEORGE GORDON BYRON |
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