Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE POET'S SPIRIT, by JOSEPH FITZPATRICK


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THE POET'S SPIRIT, by                    
First Line: No dirge or solemn bell
Last Line: Jehovah's living fire.
Subject(s): Israel; Jews; Nations; Poetry & Poets; Zionism; Judaism


NO dirge or solemn bell
We toll for thee, oh Voice,
Stilled by the sudden knell
That ends all mortal choice;
Thy tuneful spirit free of earth
Must ever more rejoice.

Like gull or petrel free
That soars o'er billows, brave,
Thy soul shall spring in glee
Above the narrow grave;
Thy hymns shall live while Zion lives,
While Israel's banners wave.

As perched on mountain crags
The eagle finds a nest,
Free from earth's binding rags
Wandering Soul take rest,
Till the full message of thy song
Thy brothers here attest.

Singers like thee on earth
Tuning the immortal lyre,
Old Nations give re-birth,
Hopes shattered, new desire;
Beacons that prove for doubting sons
Jehovah's living fire.





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