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Subject: RUTH (BIBLE)
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First Line: Poor boaz thinks that he arranged that parley
Last Line: One passion lasts -- the deathless lust of song.
Subject(s): David (d. 962 B.c.); Ruth (bible); Women In The Bible


RUTH, by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE    Poem Source                    
First Line: And it was back in the days of judges
Last Line: Oved and his wife gave birth to jesse %and he to david
Subject(s): Ruth (bible); Women In The Bible


RUTH, by FELICIA DOROTHEA HEMANS    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: The plume-like swaying of the auburn corn
Last Line: "thy people and thy god shall be mine own!"
Alternate Author Name(s): Browne, Felicia Dorothea
Subject(s): Jews; Ruth (bible); Women In The Bible; Judaism


RUTH, by THOMAS HOOD    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: She stood breast high amid the corn
Last Line: Share my harvest and my home.
Subject(s): Autumn; Beauty; Jews; Love; Ruth (bible); Seasons; Women In The Bible; Youth; Fall; Judaism


RUTH, by H. HYMAN    Poem Text                    
First Line: Leave thee alone in sorrow! Ask me not
Last Line: And whither thou goest will I also go.
Subject(s): Grief; Jews; Love - Loss Of; Ruth (bible); Solitude; Women In The Bible; Women In The Bible; Sorrow; Sadness; Judaism; Loneliness


RUTH AND NAOMI, by WILLIAM OLIVER BOURNE PEABODY    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Farewell? Oh, no! It may not be
Last Line: My firm and faithful heart from thee.
Subject(s): Death; Jews; Ruth (bible); Women In The Bible; Dead, The; Judaism


RUTH IN THE BEGINNING, by JANET FRASER    Poem Source                    
First Line: Alien in the corn my mother wanders
Last Line: Curved ruth, sheltering thoughts and mapping dreams
Subject(s): Ruth (bible); Women In The Bible


RUTH'S ANSWER TO NAOMI, by LUCRETIA MARIA DAVIDSON    Poem Text                    
First Line: Entreat me not, I must not hear
Last Line: Shall fleshly, sweetly bloom for me.
Subject(s): Naomi (bible); Ruth (bible); Women In The Bible


RUTH: RUTH TO NAOMI, by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE    Poem Source                    
First Line: Entreat me not to leave thee
Last Line: If aught but death part thee and me
Subject(s): Naomi (bible); Religion; Ruth (bible); Women In The Bible


THE MOABITESS, by PHILLIPS BROOKS    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Sweet moab gleaner on old israel's plain
Last Line: And god himself smiles on their godlike beauty.
Subject(s): Beauty; Jews; Ruth (bible); Women In The Bible; Judaism