Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO WALTER LIONEL DE ROTHSCHILD ON HIS BAR-MITZVAH, by LOUIS BARNETT ABRAHAMS Poet's Biography First Line: Thine is the heritage of ancient birth Last Line: Thy heart shall know a peace no pain can mar. Subject(s): Ancestors & Ancestry; Bar & Bat Mitzvahs; Jews; Heritage; Heredity; Judaism | ||||||||
THINE is the heritage of ancient birth, Age upon age hath dawned since first thy race Was cradled in the empurpled East: the place Whence seer and king have sprungthe great of earth. And thine the heritage of higher worth; The large-souled Charity, whose pitying grace Hath left nor land nor sea without its trace, And raised a plenteous harvest 'midst the dearth, But thine a greater heritage than these; The heaven-born Faith, thy sires have taught the world Which lifts thine eyes to God without surcease, And bid thee guard His banner, wide unfurled. That deathless Faith make thou thy steadfast star, Thy heart shall know a peace no pain can mar. | 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 LINES ON LEAVING THE BEDFORD STR. SCHOOL HOUSE by GEORGE SANTAYANA |
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