Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE SLUMBER OF KING SOLOMON, by AGNES MARY F. ROBINSON Poet's Biography First Line: The house is all of sandal-wood Last Line: Sleep through the eternal night. Alternate Author Name(s): Duclaux, Madame Emile; Darmesteter, Mary; Robinson, A. Mary F. Subject(s): Solomon (10th Century B.c.) | ||||||||
THE house is all of sandal-wood And boughs of Lebanon, The chamber is of beaten gold Where sleeps King Solomon. With thirty horsemen to the left And thirty to the right, Upon their mighty horses set To guard him from the night. They watch as silent as the moon, Drawn sword and gathered rein; They will not stir till Solomon Shall rise and move again. And whiter than their white armour, Brighter than spear or sword, Four Angels guard the dreaming King, Four Angels of the Lord. Four Angels at the four corners, And burning over head The Glory of God, the great Glory That never shall be said. Sleep well, sleep well, King Solomon, For He that guardeth thee, He neither slumbers, nay, nor sleeps, Through all eternity. With thirty horsemen to the left And thirty to the right, Sleep well, sleep well, King Solomon, Sleep through the eternal night. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SOLOMON TO SHEBA by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS SOLOMON AND THE WITCH by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS SOLOMON'S PARENTS by GORDON BOTTOMLEY SOLOMON AND BALKIS by ROBERT BROWNING THE WANDERER: 5. IN HOLLAND: KING SOLOMON by EDWARD ROBERT BULWER-LYTTON ON PRIOR'S SOLOMON by JOHN BYROM SOLOMON'S PRAYER by MARY HAMPDEN CUTTS THE DEAD SOLOMON by JOHN AYLMER DORGAN AN ORCHARD AT AVIGNON by AGNES MARY F. ROBINSON |
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