Classic and Contemporary Poetry
RUSSIA AND THE JEWS, by ANONYMOUS First Line: "o muscovite, blind is your wrath, with" Last Line: Yet the hebrew abides and is strong Subject(s): Jews;persecution;russia; Judaism;soviet Union;russians | ||||||||
O MUSCOVITE, blind is your wrath, with Your heel on the Israelite's neck, And your hand on that baleful old blade, Persecution, 'twere wisdom to reck. The Pharaoh's calm warning, Beware! Lo, the Pyramids pierce that grey gloom Of a desert that is but a waste, by a river That is but a tomb, Yet the Hebrew abides and is strong. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...OXOTA: A SHORT RUSSIAN NOVEL: CHAPTER 259 by LYN HEJINIAN A FOREIGN COUNTRY by JOSEPHINE MILES THE DIAMOND PERSONA by NORMAN DUBIE IN MEMORIAM: 1933 (7. RUSSIA: ANNO 1905) by CHARLES REZNIKOFF TAKE A LETTER TO DMITRI SHOSTAKOVITCH by CARL SANDBURG READING THE RUSSIANS by RUTH STONE THE SOVIET CIRCUS VISITS HAVANA, 1969 by VIRGIL SUAREZ A PROBLEM IN AESTHETICS by KAREN SWENSON TIS A LITTLE JOURNEY by ANONYMOUS |
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