Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONG OF THE HEBREW SEER, by FORD MADOX FORD Poet's Biography First Line: Oh would that the darkness would cover the face of the land Last Line: The myriad, myriad sounds of the sea. Alternate Author Name(s): Hueffer, Ford Hermann; Hueffer, Ford Madox Subject(s): God; Jews; Prophecy & Prophets; Religion; Judaism; Theology | ||||||||
OH would that the darkness would cover the face of the land, Oh would that a cloud would shroud the face of high heaven, Would blot out the stars, and hush, hush, hush the winds of the west, That the sons of men might sink into utter rest, Forgetting the God in whose name their fathers had striven Might strive no longer and slumber as slumbers the desert sand. That then, oh, my God, should Thy lightnings flash forth, That Thy voice, oh, Jehovah, should burst on mine ear In the thunder that rolls from the east and the north And thy laugh on the rushing of winds that bear The myriad, myriad sounds of the sea. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MYSTIC BOUNCE by TERRANCE HAYES MATHEMATICS CONSIDERED AS A VICE by ANTHONY HECHT UNHOLY SONNET 11 by MARK JARMAN SHINE, PERISHING REPUBLIC by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE COMING OF THE PLAGUE by WELDON KEES A LITHUANIAN ELEGY by ROBERT KELLY |
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