THE GREAT JEHOVAH speaks to us, In Genesis and Exodus, Leviticus and Numbers see, Followed by Deuteronomy. Joshua and Judges sway the land, Ruth gleans a sheaf with trembling hand, Samuel and numerous kings appear, Whose Chronicles we wondering hear; Ezra and Nehemiah now Esther the beauteous mourner show; Job speaks in sighs, David in Psalms, The Proverbs teach to scatter alms. Ecclesiastes then comes on, And the sweet song of Solomon. Isaiah, Jeremiah then With Lamentations takes his pen. Ezekiel, Daniel, Hosea's lyres Swell Joel, Amos, Obadiah's. Next Jonah, Micah, Nahum come, And lofty Habakkuk finds room, Rapt Zephaniah, Haggai calls, While Zechariah builds the walls; And Malachi, with garments rent, Concludes the ancient Testament. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A HYMN OF HATE by DOROTHY PARKER A LILLIPUTIAN ODE ON THEIR MAJESTIES' ACCESSION by HENRY CAREY (1687-1743) TO A MISTRESS DYING by WILLIAM DAVENANT SONNET: 42 by EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY HOUSEHOLD POEMS: 1. BRONWEN by PHILIP EDWARD THOMAS A CAUTION TO POETS by MATTHEW ARNOLD URANIA; THE WOMAN IN THE MOON: THE FOURTH CANTO, OR LAST QUARTER by WILLIAM BASSE |