Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, BUT WHO SHALL SEE, by THOMAS MOORE


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First Line: But who shall see the glorious day
Last Line: Some long-lost exile home!
Alternate Author Name(s): Little, Thomas
Subject(s): Jews; Religion; Zionism; Judaism; Theology


I.

BUT who shall see the glorious day,
When, throned on Zion's brow,
The Lord shall rend that veil away,
Which hides the nations now?
When earth no more beneath the fear
Of His rebuke shall lie;
When pain shall cease, and every tear
Be wiped from every eye!

II.

Then, Judah! thou no more shalt mourn
Beneath the heathen's chain;
Thy days of splendour shall return,
And all be new again. --
The Fount of Life shall then be quaff'd,
In peace, by all who come,
And every wind that blows shall waft
Some long-lost exile home!





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