Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO JUDAH HA-LEVI, by M. L. R. BRESLAR First Line: Impassioned hours, when hebrew was the key Last Line: And froth it full of tears for spain's decline. Subject(s): Jews; Judah Ha-levi (1075-1141); Judaism; Yehuda Ben Shemuel Ha-levi; Abu Al-hasan | ||||||||
IMPASSIONED hours, when Hebrew was the key To sweetest rivalries 'twixt man and man. And poets sat enthroned amidst a clan Of choristers divine. How blithesomely Those skylarks trilled, and flooded earth and sea With music, till the words enchanted fell In mute prostration 'neath the wizard's spell, And master note in Hebrew minstrelsy. At sunrise, or in watches of the night, When half a world is sunk in drowsiness, Sing to me of Castilian skies, O Sprite! Where Lilith veils her luresome loveliness, And I will stretch a tankard for the wine, And froth it full of tears for Spain's decline. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...PRINCESS SABBATH by HEINRICH HEINE ROMANCERO: BOOK 3. HEBREW MELODIES: JEHUDA BEN HALEVY; A FRAGMENT by HEINRICH HEINE ODE TO THE SACRED LAMPS by M. L. R. BRESLAR THE HEBREW MIND by M. L. R. BRESLAR TO FORGIVE IS DIVINE by M. L. R. BRESLAR EPITAPH ON A JACOBITE by THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY TO MISS KINDER, ON RECEIVING A NOTE DATED FEBRUARY 30TH by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD PSALM 137 by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE THE UNKNOWN GOD by CHARLES GRANGER BLANDEN THE RING AND THE BOOK: BOOK 5. COUNT GUIDO FRANCESCHINI by ROBERT BROWNING |
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