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Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Searching... Subject: JACOB (BIBLE) Matches Found: 19 UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` A LITTLE OVER [OR, EAST OF] JORDAN, by EMILY DICKINSON Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Last Line: A little east of jordan, Subject(s): Jacob (bible) ALMOST AN ELEGY, by JOSEPH BRODSKY Poem Full Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Recitation by Author Poet's Biography First Line: In days gone by I too would stand and wait Last Line: Not music yet, already more than noise Subject(s): Waiting; Jacob (bible); Love – Complaints; Memory AS JACOB SERVED FOR RACHEL, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: Twas the love that lightened service! Last Line: "twas love that lightened service, / the old, old story sweet" Subject(s): Jacob (bible);jews; Judaism BE NOT LIKE SERVANTS BASELY BRED, by ALICE LUCAS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Antigonus of socho said Last Line: Is better than all life in this. Alternate Author Name(s): Montefiore, Julia Subject(s): Clergy; Jacob (bible); Jews; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Judaism BEGGARS, by ROBERT HERRICK Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Jacob gods beggar was; and so we wait Last Line: (though ne're so rich) all beggars at his gate. Subject(s): Begging & Beggars; Jacob (bible) BURNING LADDER, by DANA GIOIA Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Jacob %never climbed the ladder Last Line: Shivering. Gravity %always greater than desire Subject(s): Jacob (bible); Religion HIS PEOPLE, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: He set us free Last Line: Thy yoke we hear / for thy name's sake! Subject(s): Freedom;god;israel;jacob (bible);jews; Liberty;judaism JACOB, by ARTHUR HUGH CLOUGH Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: My sons, and ye the children of my sons Last Line: Yet is my heart therewith not satisfied. Subject(s): Courage; Death; Jacob (bible); Valor; Bravery; Dead, The JACOB'S DREAM, by S. D. Poem Text First Line: Oh, pilgrim, halting on the rock-strewn sod Last Line: The lord is near when thou dost need him most. Subject(s): God; Jacob (bible); Jews; Judaism JACOB'S LADDER, by DENISE LEVERTOV Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The stairway is not %a thing of gleaming strands Last Line: The poem ascends Subject(s): Jacob (bible); Religion JACOB'S WIVES, by ARTHUR HUGH CLOUGH Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: These are the words of jacob's wives, the words Last Line: While all the sheep were gathered for the night. Subject(s): Jacob (bible) OUR FATHER JACOB, by YEHUDA AMICHAI Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Our father jacob on the beaten track Last Line: For all that we know, he is still climbing there Subject(s): Jacob (bible); Religion; Theology OUR FATHER JACOB, by YEHUDA AMICHAI Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Our father jacob on the beaten track Last Line: For all that we know he's still climbing there Subject(s): Jacob (bible); Religion PSALM: 114, by MYRTILLA E. MITCHELL Poem Text First Line: When israel from proud egypt's yoke Last Line: Of waters, for his flock. Subject(s): Egypt; God; Jacob (bible); Jews; Judaism TAORMINI, by JOHN HENRY NEWMAN Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Say, hast thou track'd a traveller's round Last Line: For fourteen trial-years. Subject(s): Jacob (bible) THE DESTRUCTION OF PHARAOH, by JOHN RUSKIN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Mourn, mizraim, mourn! The weltering wave Last Line: For jacob's weary tribes are free! Subject(s): Egypt; God; Jacob (bible); Jews; Mourning; Judaism; Bereavement THE IMMORTALITY OF ISRAEL, by YEHUDA HALEVI Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The sun and moon unchanging do obey Last Line: While night and day do alternate in peace. Alternate Author Name(s): Halevi, Judah; Judah Ha-levi; Abu Al-hasan Subject(s): God; Israel; Jacob (bible); Jews; Judah Ha-levi (1075-1141); Judaism; Yehuda Ben Shemuel Ha-levi; Abu Al-hasan THE JACOB'S LADDER, by DENISE LEVERTOV Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The stairway is not / a thing of gleaming strands Subject(s): Jacob (bible); Religion; Theology WRESTLING JACOB, by CHARLES WESLEY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Come, o thou traveller unknown, / whom still I hold, but cannot see Last Line: Thy nature and thy name is love. Subject(s): Jacob (bible); Religion; Theology |
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