Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE DAWN OF HOPE, by CONSTANCE PESSELS First Line: See how the people of israel come trooping Last Line: Gather again in thy sheltering fold. Subject(s): Hope; Israel; Jews; Zionism; Optimism; Judaism | ||||||||
SEE how the people of Israel come trooping, Waving like victors their banners on high; Joy has uplifted the hearts that were drooping, Promise enkindled the light in the eye. Waking at length from the slumbers of ages, Eager they turn to welcome the light, Making the dreams of their poets and sages Gloriously true with their zeal and their might. Straight grow the backs that with stooping were douxsbled, Noble and straight as the cedar and pine; Cleared are the brows which affliction sore troubled, Glad as the viners, who taste the new wine. Hope has welled up in their hearts like a fountain, Bursting with power its way to the sun; Freedom has come like bright dawn on the mountain, Flushed with the glow of its triumphs begun. David, behold, to thy stronghold on Zion, Speed they like runners who make for their goal, Bearing the flag of the Judean lion, Bearing a spirit as bold in the soul. As to thy temple, O Israel, returning, Leave they the shores which as aliens they trod, Ecstasy thrills them, all eager, all burning, Filled with the love of their land and their God. Give to thy people the shield of salvation, Favor, O Lord, thy anointed of old; Bring them together once more as a nation, Gather again in thy sheltering fold. | 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 ESSAY: AT NIGHT THE AUTOPORTRAIT AT NIGHT by ELENI SIKELIANOS |
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