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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE LOST SINGER, by SCUDDER MIDDLETON Poet's Biography
First Line: In the olive orient
Last Line: That cloak like himalayan snow?
Subject(s): Asia; Jesus Christ; Far East; East Asia; Orient
First Line: In the olive orient
Last Line: That cloak like himalayan snow?
Subject(s): Asia; Jesus Christ; Far East; East Asia; Orient
In the olive Orient,
Up and down Jerusalem streets
He sang his poems.
She who lived in Magdala,
Fishermen of Galilee,
Blind and poor from Jericho,
Lepers out of Bethany,
Children, scholars, thieves --
What a motley crew
Loved the singing Jew!
Now the bayonet is there,
And the gun --
Maybe on the very corner where they met.
And the sun
Looks down upon the smoke.
Saladin is in the dust,
Richard camps on Olivet.
Where are halo, thorn, and staff,
That cloak like Himalayan snow?
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