Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, ISRAEL MOCKED, by ANONYMOUS


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ISRAEL MOCKED, by                    
First Line: "'why so sad, thou princely child?'"
Last Line: Flow unresistingly
Subject(s): God;israel;jews; Judaism


WHY so sad, thou princely child?"
Moloch's servants scornfully chide,
Times appear and pass away
Why does son of Jesse hide?
If your God in Heaven's height
Will bring you to His holy hill
Wherefore then we seek to know
Why His chariots linger still?

I hoped that all my foes
Would see my swift redemption;
But they mock and say: "Away as a cloud
It passeth; no hope is left for thee."
I hearken shame-filled, and my tears
Flow unresistingly.





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