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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
JEREMIAH, THE PATRIOT, by JOHN KEBLE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: They say, 'the man is false, and falls away'
Last Line: In his seer's weakness ye shall see his power.
Subject(s): Jeremiah (bible); Jews; Judaism
First Line: They say, 'the man is false, and falls away'
Last Line: In his seer's weakness ye shall see his power.
Subject(s): Jeremiah (bible); Jews; Judaism
THEY say, "The man is false, and falls away":
Yet sighs my soul in secret for their pride;
Tears are mine hourly food, and night and day
I plead for them, and may not be denied.
They say, "His words unnerve the warrior's hand,
And dim the statesman's eye and disunite
The friends of Israel"; yet, in every land,
My words, to Faith, are Peace, and Hope, and Might.
They say, "The frenzied one is fain to see
Glooms of his own; and gathering storms afar;—
But dungeons deep, and fetters strong have we."
Alas! Heaven's lightning would ye chain and bar?
Ye scorners of th' Eternal! wait one hour;
In His seer's weakness ye shall see His power.
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