Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, SONNET FROM JUDEA, by DONALD CHESTER EWING


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SONNET FROM JUDEA, by                    
First Line: Ah bethlehem, across the years that rise
Last Line: The cup not down, nor let it pass from sight.
Subject(s): Bethlehem, Palestine


Ah Bethlehem, across the years that rise
And fade into the dust, your name is sung
From out the hills of Time, for you are rung
The bells of far lands; and from unknown eyes,
Lo -- tears fall round the dream that in you lies --
Dreamed once of old by Wise Men on whose tongue
Your name was spoke -- who watched a star that hung
In majesty amid your silent skies.

Ah Bethlehem, from you the tears rise up
To wash from out your streets the pain away,
And from the hearts of men a starless night;
Ah Bethlehem, in you was filled the Cup
Where hearts that came to drink paused long -- to lay
The Cup not down, nor let it pass from sight.





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