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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DAVID, by ALTER ABELSON Poet's Biography First Line: Do you wonder why such longing Last Line: For the heart of every nation. Subject(s): Bible; God; Jews; Judaism | |||
DO you wonder why such longing Transport, pain and love impassioned In the psalms are interwoven? Listen how God's bard was fashioned. Murmurings of brooks and fountains, Passion of tempestuous seas, Solemn sounds of winds and forests, The lorn nightingale's love-pleas. And the pæans of men who triumphed Over grief and tempting glee— All these divers notes God gathered From the fount of melody. And He fused them in one anthem, Bade the music live, and lo! David rose, he who to mankind How to speak with God did show. Therefore lives there such a yearning, Such a rapture, exultation, In the songs that David chanted For the heart of every nation. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE RABBI'S SON-IN-LAW by SABINE BARING-GOULD A LITTLE HISTORY by DAVID LEHMAN FOR I WILL CONSIDER YOUR DOG MOLLY by DAVID LEHMAN JEWISH GRAVEYARDS, ITALY by PHILIP LEVINE NATIONAL THOUGHTS by YEHUDA AMICHAI SOUNDS OF THE RESURRECTED DEAD MAN'S FOOTSTEPS (#3): 2. ANGEL ... by MARVIN BELL |
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