The Destruction Of Jerusalem By The Babylonian Hordes
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The Destruction Of Jerusalem By The Babylonian Hordes
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Description
They left their Babylon bare
Of all its tall men,
Of all its proud horses;
They made for Lebanon.
And shadowy sowers went
Before their spears to sow
The fruit whose taste is ash
For Judah's soul to know.
They who bowed to the Bull god
Whose wings roofed Babylon,
In endless hosts darkened
The bright-heavened Lebanon.
They washed their grime in pools
Where laughing girls forgot
The wiles they used for Solomon.
Sweet laughter! remembered not.
Sweet laughter charred in the flame
That clutched the cloud and earth
While Solomon's towers crashed
between,
The gird of Babylon's mirth.
Of all its tall men,
Of all its proud horses;
They made for Lebanon.
And shadowy sowers went
Before their spears to sow
The fruit whose taste is ash
For Judah's soul to know.
They who bowed to the Bull god
Whose wings roofed Babylon,
In endless hosts darkened
The bright-heavened Lebanon.
They washed their grime in pools
Where laughing girls forgot
The wiles they used for Solomon.
Sweet laughter! remembered not.
Sweet laughter charred in the flame
That clutched the cloud and earth
While Solomon's towers crashed
between,
The gird of Babylon's mirth.
Identifier
3293.txt
Creator
Rosenberg, Isaac (1890-1918)
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Date
1977
Date Created
1977-01-01
Temporal Coverage
1977-12-31
Type
Poem
Publisher
The First World War Poetry Digital Archive
