Hear, O Israel! and plead my cause against the ungodly nation! 'Midst the terrible conflict of Love and Peace, I departed from thee, my people, and spread my tent of many colors in the land of Egypt. In their crimson and fine linen I girded my white form. Sapphires gleamed their purple light from out the darkness of my hair. The silver folds of their temple foot-cloth was spread beneath my sandaled feet. Thus I slumbered through the daylight. Slumbered 'midst the vapor of sin, Slumbered 'midst the battle and din, Wakened 'midst the strangle of breath, Wakened 'midst the struggle of death! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TO LUCASTA, [ON] GOING TO THE WARS by RICHARD LOVELACE BILLY IN THE DARBIES, FR. BILLY BUDD by HERMAN MELVILLE THE WOUNDED VULTURE by ANNE CHARLOTTE LYNCH BOTTA THE THRACIAN by VINCENT BOURNE THE SMACK RACE by JOHN GARDINER CALKINS BRAINARD DARK LOVELY FRUIT by HELEN BRYANT |